Context

• Israel’s SpaceIL to launch Beresheet-2 moon landing project in 2024.

About

• The original Beresheet, Hebrew for "Genesis", was a tall, 585-kilogram spacecraft built by Israel.
• It had reached the moon in April 2019, but suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land.
• Beresheet 2 will be comprised of three adjacent spacecrafts - an orbiter and two landers which are expected to land at two sites on the moon for conducting scientific experiments.
• The entire spacecraft is expected to weigh about 630 kg.
• Note: Only Russia, the United States and China have made the 384,000-kilometre (239,000-mile) journey and landed safely on the Moon.

https://www.siasat.com/israels-spaceil-to-launch-beresheet-2-in-2024-raises-70-mn-2164117/

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