Space IL

Israel’s role in lunar infrastructure could define future space power - opinion

The moon will become an extension of Earth’s economic and security architecture

|ByHILLA HADDAD CHMELNIK
The surface of the moon.
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

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.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
American astronaut in space.

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

The report by SpaceIL and The Parasol Foundation, states that less than a quarter of space industry employees are women.

|ByARIELA OHRENSTEIN
Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

Italy to collaborate with SpaceIL on Beresheet 2 moonshot

The Beresheet 2 mission will perform two landings on the moon and scientific experiments on and around the moon.

|ByGALI WEINREB/GLOBES/TNS

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.

MARCH 1, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Cartoon Israel lunar spacecraft

Israel's first lunar spacecraft experiences technical difficulties

Space IL and Israel Aerospace Industries, the organizations that spearheaded the projects, are currently examining the data to understand what went wrong.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019ByYVETTE J. DEANE
SpaceIL's Beresheet unmanned spacecraft is seen in the clean room of Israel Aerospace Industries in Yehud.