Privately Funded Israeli Spacecraft Heads Toward Lunar Landing

Irene Klotz March 06, 2019
Credit: SpaceIL
Google pulled its sponsorship of the $30 million X Prize competition to land a privately owned spacecraft on the Moon, a race intended to spark commercial lunar development, more than a year ago, but that has not stopped Israeli contender SpaceIL from taking the giant leap. On Feb. 21, the lander...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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