Israeli spacecraft

NVIDIA announces investment in Israel's 'Space City' at Mitzpe Ramon along private, public funds

Led by Creation Space, the "Space City," will include academic and investigation campuses, laboratories to emulate outer-space enviroments, an startup accelerator, and even a control room.

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 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

Israel's Dror-1 satellite reaches orbit 36,000 km. above Earth, begins mission

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SpaceIL and the German Aerospace Center launch new agreement

VENµS satellite

IAI extends lifespan of VENµS satellite


WATCH: Technion launches three satellites into space

In total, 37 SmallSats and CubeSats from 18 countries were launched on the Glavkosmos Soyuz rocket on Monday.

The Adelis-SAMSON nanosatellite.

Ariel University to send research nanosatellite SATLLA-1 into orbit

SATLLA-1's mission, which starts on Thursday, is to test out its star-tracking program, which helps the satellite position itself by using imaging from the surrounding stars.

The SATLLA-1 nanosatellite

SpaceX successfully launches Israeli Amos-17 satellite

Spacecom says it will be the most advanced satellite to provide communication services to sub-Saharan Africa.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Israeli-owned Amos-17 commercial communications satellite, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral

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.

SpaceIL to create and launch second Beresheet spacecraft

The first Beresheet spacecraft was largely successful, despite not having landed on the moon. Beresheet 2.0 is expected to complete the task.

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

Israel's Beresheet set to make history, land on moon today

Only three countries have completed the formidable task of landing a spacecraft on the lunar surface - the United States, Russia and China.

Far side of the moon by Beresheet, April 10, 2019

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

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

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

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