ISRAEL21c is excited to share these new images and videos transmitted to Earth from Beresheet, the privately funded Israeli unmanned spacecraft launched toward the Moon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on February 21.

The engineering teams of SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, based in IAI’s control center in Yehud, downloaded these photos and footage taken by the small spacecraft at different heights and times along its journey.

If successfully captured by the lunar orbit on April 4, Beresheet will land on the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility on approximately April 11.

A photo of South America taken by one of Beresheet’s perimeter cameras on March 19, 2019, 1:15pm from a distance of 15,000 km. Photo: courtesy

The video below shows the process of sunrise from Beresheet’s point of view. At first, the Earth hides the sun from the spacecraft and then the sun exits from the same shadow.

Beresheet snapped this image of Israel from a distance of 131,000 km from Earth. Photo: courtesy

Beresheet selfie image, 131,000 km from Earth. Photo: courtesy

Here is a video selfie taken by Beresheet:

ISRAEL21c has been following the progress of SpaceIL since its start in 2011. Amy Friedkin, president of ISRAEL21c, introduced SpaceIL cofounder Yonatan Winetraub and principal donor Morris Khan at a panel session during the AIPAC Policy Conference taking place this week in Washington, DC.

ISRAEL21c President Amy Friedkin, center, with SpaceIL cofounder Yonatan Winetraub, left, and donor Morris Kahn at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, March 24, 2019. Photo: courtesy