The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/isa-israel-space-agency/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:48:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png ISA Israel Space Agency | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/isa-israel-space-agency/ 32 32 Israel will invest NIS 40 million to launch a national R&D lab for space tech https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-will-invest-nis-40-million-to-launch-a-national-rd-lab-for-space-tech/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:30:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3613224 New lab by Israel Space Agency hopes to help startups speed up local technologies for outer space and compete in the growing global space tech market

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]]> In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-time-for-the-equinox-israels-first-solar-observatory-opens-in-northern-druze-town/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:33:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3490659 Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community

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]]> Annual meteor shower to dazzle skygazers August 9-13 https://www.timesofisrael.com/annual-meteor-shower-to-dazzle-skygazers-august-9-13/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:52:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3336521 Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Space Agency to team up and stage events across the country, but mainly in the south where light pollution is low

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]]> Israel to launch first space telescope in 2026, will observe stellar collisions https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-launch-first-space-telescope-in-2026-will-observe-stellar-collisions/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:06:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2957093 NASA rocket will carry Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite into space, from where $90 million vehicle will scan for transient events to research black holes and supernovas

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]]> NASA says it may attempt Artemis mission to Moon later this month https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasa-says-it-may-attempt-artemis-mission-to-moon-later-this-month/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:31:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2833325 Two previous attempts were scrapped due to technical glitches; official says next attempt at unmanned launch featuring Israeli tech may take place on September 23 or 27

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]]> Israeli space tech startup Helios partners with Eta Space to make oxygen on Moon https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-space-tech-startup-helios-partners-with-eta-space-to-make-oxygen-on-moon/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:43:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2819879 Companies will leverage each other's expertise to develop lunar oxygen production and liquefaction plant

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]]> Israel’s StemRad gears up for major demo of anti-radiation suit on NASA’s Artemis I https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-stemrad-gears-up-for-major-demo-of-anti-radiation-suit-on-nasas-artemis-i/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:09:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2813957 Company to test protective qualities of AstroRad vest on humanoid mannequin aboard Orion spacecraft, set for launch later this month

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]]> Israel plans to invest NIS 600 million to develop civilian space tech https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-plans-to-invest-nis-600-million-to-develop-civilian-space-tech/ Wed, 18 May 2022 15:29:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2765067 New project by Israel Space Agency hopes to position country as 'one of the world’s leaders in the space industry'

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]]> Space meat and hummus: Israel finalizes experiments for upcoming ISS mission https://www.timesofisrael.com/space-meat-and-hummus-israel-finalizes-experiments-for-upcoming-iss-mission/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:38:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2688931 35 projects, part of Rakia program of research studies on International Space Station, to be performed by Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe this spring

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]]> Israeli astrobiologist: New Mars ancient life findings ‘important’ but incomplete https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-astrobiologist-new-mars-ancient-life-findings-important-but-incomplete/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:32:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2688943 Dr. Reut Sorek Abramovich says NASA discovery of signs of carbon in Red Planet rock samples requires 'thorough research in the field,' preferably by manned mission

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]]> 8 tiny satellites built by Israeli students launched into space https://www.timesofisrael.com/8-tiny-satellites-built-by-israeli-students-launched-into-space/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:06:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=2683012 SpaceX rocket launch marks culmination of three years of work for science-minded students at schools across Israel, who gathered to watch the Florida event from Herzliya

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]]> Space is changing. Webb is just the start, says ex-Israeli who was in from its dawn https://www.timesofisrael.com/space-is-changing-webb-is-just-the-start-says-ex-israeli-who-was-in-from-its-dawn/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 04:21:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2675413 Michael Kaplan, who shepherded the telescope through its planning stages before temporarily living in Israel, talks space robots, baby galaxies, and the pitfalls of Israeli bravado

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]]> Astronauts ‘touch down’ in Negev’s Ramon Crater after mission to ‘Mars’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/astronauts-touch-down-in-negevs-ramon-crater-after-mission-to-mars/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:50:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2642042 In a collaboration between the Israel Space Agency and the Austrian Space Forum, 6 analog astronauts spent several weeks simulating life on Red Planet and conducting experiments

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]]> Six ‘astronauts’ on month-long mission in Israeli desert to prepare for Mars https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-astronauts-on-month-long-mission-in-israeli-desert-to-prepare-for-mars/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:48:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2630419 Participants from Austria, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain simulating life on the Red Planet to perfect the survival skills needed for eventual voyage

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]]> Ex-head of Israel space program dies of Acre hotel attack injuries, weeks later https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-head-of-israel-space-program-dies-weeks-after-injured-in-acre-hotel-attack/ Sun, 06 Jun 2021 19:26:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2559529&preview=true&preview_id=2559529 Rocket scientist Aby Har-Even, 84, succumbs to wounds sustained when rioters torched Efendi Hotel at peak of Arab-Jewish violence last month

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