This week the SpaceIL project to send a spacecraft to the moon suffered a sad ending when the Beresheet craft crashed into the moon’s surface, rendering it inoperable. But the plucky Israeli team is ...

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet takes a selfie with Earth from more than 23,000 miles away. (SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries) JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Beresheet 2 project will launch effective ...

Israel’s quest to become the fourth country to land a spaceship on the moon has suffered another setback, with its major funder cutting bait on the project. It’s a somewhat less dramatic ...