Winetraub recently toured UC San Diego, USD, and SDSU as part of a speaking series put on by the MGSDII. Over 300 students and faculty learned how SpaceIL is making history as part of a global Moon race sponsored by Google to place an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon’s surface before the mission deadline of December 2017. Landing a spacecraft on the Moon will make Israel the fourth nation to do so, following the success of the three superpowers (US, Russia, and China). To learn more about Yonatan’s work with SpaceIL, please click here.

Update, January 2017: SpaceIL was just selected as one of 5 finalists competing for the $20 million Google Lunar XPRIZE!