Israel and the Emirates sign an agreement for the Beresheet 2 space mission

The last selfie sent by the Israeli probe Beresheet before crashing on the Moon, April 11, 2019. AFP

Text by: RFI Follow

1 min

This mission will be the second Israeli attempt to land a space module on the Moon.

Advertisement

Read more

With our correspondent in Jerusalem

,

Here we go again for the conquest of the moon from Israel, but this time after the failure of the first mission, it will be a partnership between the Israeli space company SpaceIl and the

.

This represents an additional step in the

that follow the Abraham Accords signed between Israel and several Arab countries.

This new mission will be called Beresheet 2, the Hebrew name for the Book of Genesis.

Several scientific projects will be deployed

At a cost of $100 million, the smallest spacecraft ever made will be sent into space.

A module should land on the lunar surface while the orbiter will continue its journey for at least five years.

Several scientific projects will be deployed.

One of them should make it possible to determine with great accuracy the times of the new moon.

On April 11, 2019, a first Beresheet probe was placed in lunar orbit, but it

and crashed on the lunar ground.

Newsletter

Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox

I subscribe

Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application

google-play-badge_FR

• Israel

• Space

• United Arab Emirates