It’s been a few months now since Israel’s Beresheet lunar lander experienced a last-second glitch and smashed into the Moon rather than landing softly on it. The mission, while impressive as a privately-funding effort, ultimately came up short, but part of its payload may still fulfill its intended purpose.
Included on the spacecraft was a cellular “library” that includes plant and animal cells and human DNA. It was created by the Arch Mission, which strives to create “backups” of Earth, and the collection of material included on the Beresheet lander contains “enough DNA to regenerate life on Earth,” according to founder Nova Spivack.
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Crashed Israeli lunar lander left a bunch of microscopic ‘water bears’ on the Moon originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 23:33:14 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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