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The LORA ballistic-missile firing trial on June 2, 2020. Credit: Israel Aerospace Industries.

Israel successfully tests state-of-the-art LORA missile system

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Tuesday that it had completed a successful test of its new, state-of-the-art ballistic missile system, which has a 400-kilometer (249-mile) range. According to IAI, the test was conducted in...
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett meets with commanders of the Israel Defense Forces, including IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, after completing a tour of the West Bank to assess the security situation ahead of the reveal of U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast peace plan. Source: Screenshot.

Israeli defense minister confirms unrestricted entry of hundreds from pandemic hot spots

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Hundreds of Israelis returning from countries with high coronavirus infection rates have entered Israel without being tested or sent into quarantine, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett admitted on Tuesday. He was responding to a Channel 12 report,...
An illustration of quantum particles. Credit: Pixabay.

Israel Aerospace Industries works with startups developing quantum technology

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Israel’s largest aerospace company has announced a new program for assisting startups, some of which develop up-and-coming quantum technology. Elta systems, a division of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is teaming up with the Boston-based MassChallenge...
Selfie image as the spacecraft prepared for its lunar landing in April 2019. Credit: “Beresheet.”

Israel’s second attempt to land aircraft on moon just years away, says engineer

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A representative from the Israel Aerospace Industries talked on Tuesday about Israel’s continued hopes of becoming the fourth country to land softly on the moon, following a failed attempt in April. Israel’s “Beresheet” aircraft crashed on the moon...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (right) and SpaceIL president Morris Kahn at an introduction of the Israeli spacecraft "Beresheet" at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

After lunar crashing, SpaceIL announces Beresheet 2.0

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SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn announced on Saturday that there will be a second Beresheet lunar spacecraft, following the first Israeli moon mission ending unsuccessfully last week when the spacecraft crashed into the moon’s surface. “I’ve decided that we are...
A view of the Arab Peninsula and Southeast Africa taken by the “Beresheet” Israeli spacecraft from a distance of 16,000 kilometers. Credit: SpaceIL.

Israeli spacecraft ‘Beresheet’ passes Earth one last time ahead of lunar landing

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The Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” passed Earth for the final time on Sunday as it is expected to enter the moon’s orbit on Thursday. When the spacecraft enters the moon’s orbit, it will perform a complex...
Alexander Friedman, left, directs a control room of 25 Israeli scientists monitoring the “Beresheet” satellite as it makes its way to the moon. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Chassidic rocket scientist overcame Soviet oppression to guide Israel’s space launch to the moon

One of the chief engineers involved in the creation and post-launch supervision of the moon-bound Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” is a Chabad-Lubavitch Chassid who overcame Soviet oppression and anti-Semitism to play a leading role in Israel’s public and private space programs. Mathematician...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Beresheet from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Feb. 21, 2019. Credit: Screenshot.

‘Beresheet’ spacecraft hits snag after onboard computer restarts, still on time to land

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The “Beresheet” lunar spacecraft’s latest maneuver attempt was postponed after the space craft’s on-board computer executed an unexpected independent restart, causing the device to miss a scheduled trajectory adjustment, according to engineers on Tuesday. According...
A satellite image of the Middle East that was captioned by NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield, “The Nile and the Sinai, to Israel and beyond. One sweeping glance of human history.” Credit: Julian Herzog/NASA via Wikimedia Commons.

The space race in the Middle East

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A team of Israeli scientists launched what will be the first privately funded mission to land on the moon on Feb. 22, 2019. The craft, named “Beresheet” (Hebrew for “in the beginning” and the...
The first Israeli lunar spacecraft, named “Beresheet,” was loaded into a special shipping container on Jan. 17, 2019 in Israel to be flown to Florida ahead of SpaceIL’s historic mission to the moon on Feb. 21, 2019. Photo by Tomer Levi.

Israel launched country’s first space mission to the moon

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Israel became the first to launch a privately funded mission to the moon, in addition to becoming the fourth country to launch a lunar spacecraft, on Thursday night. The SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched from...