Israel was all set to be the fourth country to ever land on the moon. An unmanned spacecraft named Beresheet (the Hebrew name for “Genesis”) was scheduled to land on the moon a little after 3 p.m. EST today, April 11.
Well, they got close, but didn’t quite make it — it crash landed. Twitter had a good time, anyway:
1. I mean, true.
To be fair…
Most of you haven't landed on the moon either…
— Gidon Shaviv (@GidonShaviv) April 11, 2019
2. First to crash!
On some level it's still pretty cool to be the first to crash something into the moon https://t.co/TTqlLRFDBB
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) April 11, 2019
3. Not too soon!
And this is why you should never take a selfie while driving. (Too soon?) #IsraelToTheMoon https://t.co/hFodSO7Vuq
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) April 11, 2019
4. LOL
The most expensive selfie ever … pic.twitter.com/zVmI5qrpXD
— Allison K. Sommer (@AllisonKSommer) April 11, 2019
5. Yahud is where the SpaceIL control room was located…
Yahud, we have a problem.
— Amit Alexander Lev-Brinker 🏳️🌈 (@amitlev) April 11, 2019
6. Oh no, this is just sad
Bawling 8 year old: “It’s the saddest thing that ever happened in my entire life!”
— Dr. Einat Wilf (@EWilf) April 11, 2019
7. It’s me, going out
Get insanely hyped, taking a wicked selfie and then crashing? #Berehsheet journey on a Thursday in space is like my journey on a Saturday night out. https://t.co/FOKTYBAlje
— Annika H Rothstein (@truthandfiction) April 11, 2019
8. Niche Israeli election joke!
Like Benny Gantz, the Bereshit spaceship almost made it.
— Allison K. Sommer (@AllisonKSommer) April 11, 2019
9. Good luck next time!
#beresheet Better luck next time. 99.999% success (measured in distance traveled, rounded to the thousandth).
— Regular Guy Racing (@RegGuyRacer) April 11, 2019
10. Space nazis!?
2 realistic scenario for #Beresheet crashing:
1. It was tampered with giving strong credence to space nazis being based on the moon and shooting down a jewish spacecraft
Or
2. It didn't crash. And you form your own jewish conspiracy from there.#IsraeltotheMoon
— Eran Helbitz🇮🇱 (@EranHelbitz) April 11, 2019
11. Slightly…
Israel got to the moon, “slightly” harder landing than expected. Until the next time… #proudofyou #IsraelToTheMoon #Beresheet https://t.co/bQgf0tTZ7m
— Oren Brigg (@orenbrigg) April 11, 2019
12. Watch where you’re going!!
This selfie taken by #Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft 20 km from the moon right before crashing into the moons surface gives whole new meaning to “watch where you’re going.” #IsraelToTheMoon 😏 pic.twitter.com/JM2PpLF2z1
— (((Emily Schrader))) (@GippersChutzpah) April 11, 2019
13. Toy Story sums it up…
Maybe next time #Berehseet pic.twitter.com/jH4sj3zsPM
— Hane Grace Yagel (@GraceYagel) April 11, 2019
14. Stay positive, people:
Israel made a dent on the Moon!!
— Yishai Fleisher 🕎 ישי פליישר (@YishaiFleisher) April 11, 2019
