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SpaceIL Moon Launch

Ahead of moon mission, SpaceIL transports first Israeli spacecraft to Florida

January 18, 2019

SpaceIL and IAI packed the 180-kilogram spacecraft into a custom, temperature-controlled sterile shipping container to protect the spacecraft and ensure that it arrives safely at the launch site.

Packed inside a temperature-controlled shipping container, Israel’s first lunar spacecraft, named “Beresheet,” was loaded onto a cargo plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Jan. 17, 2019, to be flown to Florida ahead of its scheduled launch in mid-February. Photo by Eliran Avital.

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