Closer to the moon: Israeli ship Bereshit successfully completes key maneuver

Next Thursday at 11 am (Israeli time), the Israeli space module Bereshit should land on the lunar surface.

After spending 41 days in space, the Bereshit spacecraft has today made an important maneuver against her arrival on the Moon. After the maneuver, the module managed to "catch" itself in the orbit of the moon, a crucial step on the road to achieving its goal.

After several moments of tension during the maneuver, the nerves became joy. Morris Kahan, who donated about $ 40 million to the project, enthusiastically said, "This eight-year job has been a success, we will succeed."

Although apparently the maneuver was really successful, they warn that the final results will only be known in a few hours, even if "everything looks excellent".

According to the plan, Sunday will significantly reduce the speed of the module and Monday will approach about 400 km from the moon. Wednesday, the module will be about 15 km and should land on the surface of the Moon Thursday before midnight.

If the process succeeds, Israel will be the fourth country to successfully send a spacecraft to the moon.