Moon landing

NASA finds some microbes could survive on moon, raising concerns over unintended life transfer

New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some of them indeed could survive for a time under certain conditions on the lunar surface

 A view of Earth, partially hidden by the Moon, photographed through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:40 p.m. EDT (22:40 GMT) April 6, 2026
A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on October 31, 2025. A new crew took off for China's Tiangong space station on October 31.

China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

 A large screen shows news footage of a Chinese national flag carried by Chang'e-6 probe's lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024

Beijing tests lunar lander tasked with putting first Chinese on the moon

 THE LAST time Maccabi Tel Aviv made the group stage of the Champions League was 2015, when Eran Zahavi & Co. lost all six games to tough opponents.

COVID-19 was a 'social experiment', Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer player claims


The kid in me wants another shot at the moon

"I’m old enough that I am not only feeling nostalgic about the moon landing but nostalgia for the nostalgia."

The moon from 550 kilometers away, as taken by Beresheet, April 7th, 2019

50 years later: Beresheet aims to create Israel's own 'Apollo Effect'

"Our goal was not just to build the first Israeli spacecraft, but to also make sure that it will not be the last one," co-founder Kfir Damari told The Jerusalem Post.

The historic selfie image of Beresheet of the spacecraft approaching the lunar surface

NASA releases photo of Israeli moonshot’s crash site

The image was taken some 56 miles from the surface of the moon by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA releases photo of Israeli moonshot’s crash site

Beresheet crash site photos released by NASA

Space IL launched Beresheet on February 22 and after multiple maneuvers attempted to land the spacecraft on the moon, but a technical error during the landing caused the spacecraft to crash.

Left: Beresheet impact site. Right: An image processed to highlight changes near the landing site among photos taken before and after the landing

Israel's population topped 9 million on country's 71st Independence Day

The population has grown more than 11-fold since the country was established in 1948.

Victims of terror from Gaza

SpaceIL CEO steps down after 'great success' of Beresheet

Anteby concludes 15 months in the role after succeeding former CEO Eran Privman in February 2018.

Ido Anteby, SpaceIL's CEO stands in front of Beresheet

Beresheet, resilience and the Jewish people

A simple and elegant way to define resilience in layman’s terms is, “the ability to at all times and under all circumstances retain one’s basic humanity.”

A SPACEX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel’s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon lifts off on the first privately-funded lunar mission at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Government to inject $5.6 million into Beresheet 2 project

"The Beresheet project fascinated and united all Israeli citizens," Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said.

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

The Beresheet mission

On the moon, but not over the moon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) is flanked by (from left) two of the SpaceIL co-founders Yariv Bash, Yonatan Winetraub, SpaceIL President Morris Kahn and IAI Chairman Harel Locker, and his wife Sara (from the right)

Israel's journey to the moon is not over

“If at first you don’t succeed, you try again.”

Kfir Damari, Yonatan Winetraub, Morris Kahn and Yariv Bash