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Israeli Space Week highlights Israel’s growing role in space sector

“The space industry is not only an engine of economic growth and vital to our security - it is our bridge to the future,” Gila Gamliel, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, said.

Israeli scientists participate in an experiment simulating a mission to Mars, at the D-MARS Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station project of Israel's Space Agency, Ministry of Science, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
 American astronaut in space.

Not enough women reaching for the stars, research into Israeli space industry reveals - study

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

Italy to collaborate with SpaceIL on Beresheet 2 moonshot

 David, Laura, and Jonathan Mirage and the management of SpaceIL

Jonathan Merage joins donors for the Beresheet2 Moon mission


Capturing the moon – Beresheet gears up to escape Earth’s gravity

The nation holds its breath as Beresheet is meant to escape the Earth’s gravitational pull on Thursday, will the April 11 celebrations be held or will it melt near the sun?

Beresheet and its route to the moon

Beresheet spacecraft releases striking photo as it heads toward moon

The Israeli-built spacecraft has completed another maneuver in preparation for entering the moon's gravitational pull.

EARTH, from Beresheet’s vantage point

Wanna see the sunrise from space? Israeli craft Beresheet has the video

The spacecraft is in its largest elliptical orbit around the earth and is scheduled to intersect the moon’s orbit and be captured in it on April 4 at 251,655 miles from earth.

Sunrise photo from Beresheet spacecraft

Shooting for the moon: Israel’s ‘next generation’ looks to the heavens

At Jerusalem competition, young scientists discuss the country’s historic lunar mission as a source of inspiration.

Beresheet and its route to the moon

Beresheet completes another successful maneuver en route to Moon

SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries engineers completed the maneuver at 3:11 p.m. local time.

Beresheet and its route to the moon

Selfie from 20,000 miles away: Israeli Beresheet snaps first space shot

The selfie shows the Southern Hemisphere, and Australia can clearly be seen in the background.

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet takes a selfie 37,600 km from Earth.

Beresheet’s launch proves media is not inherently biased against Israel

Israelis and Jews around the world often charge that international media in general display a deep-seated anti-Israel bias in their coverage.

ISRAEL HOPES the Beresheet project will showcase the country’s achievements

To the Moon

Tiny Israel is again in the news, this time for something remarkable for any nation.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel’s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon is prepared for launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida on February 21

Israel to the moon!

The Beresheet spacecraft blasts off toward a brighter future.

The control room at Israel Aerospace Industries headquarters

The moon and secondhand cellphone light

I had the misfortune at a recent concert to sit next to a guy constantly checking WhatsApp messages. He might just as well have brought a lamp into the room and kept it on throughout the show.

Cartoon Israel lunar spacecraft