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Prof. Teodoro Valente, president of the Italian Space Agency, speaks at the Ilan Ramon International Space Conference in Herzliya, Jan. 31, 2024. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS.

‘Space diplomacy’ builds bridges on Earth

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As far as Professor Teodoro Valente is concerned, there’s no question that collaboration in space exploration builds bridges on Earth. “We are dealing with ‘space diplomacy,'” said Valente, the president of the Italian Space Agency....
NASA released photos of the crash area by SpaceIL's “Beresheet” spacecraft, which failed to land on the moon, April 11, 2019. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.

Israel, UAE sign agreement to partner on mission to moon in 2024

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on Wednesday to cooperate on space exploration—specifically, on the “Beresheet 2” mission to the moon scheduled to launch in 2024. “Beresheet 2” is planning to become...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (left) and Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay display a schematic for the “Beresheet 2” lunar probe, Dec. 9, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Israel launches second space program to put a lander on the moon

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Israel on Wednesday launched its “Beresheet 2” project, the country’s second lunar mission. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted the ceremony, which was joined online by schoolchildren, students and volunteers from six space centers around...
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...
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...
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Israeli company develops futuristic snack, made with technology used by NASA

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An Israeli food and beverage manufacturer has been experimenting with a futuristic new kosher snack, utilizing with the same technology operated by food scientists from NASA to create astronaut food and to develop instant...
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...