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ARC Space Lab on the Rakia Mission (Courtesy/Eytan Stibbe)
July 31, 2025, 2:18 pm
Israeli experiment on bacteria heads to International Space Station
Sheba Medical Center launches experiment to explore how outer space affects virulence and antibiotic resistance, providing insights into astronaut health and infectious diseases
By Diana Bletter
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) visits a defense and space achievements exhibition in Tehran, February 2, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
April 20, 2025, 11:47 pm
After blows to proxies, Iran advances huge space program with Russian assistance
Islamic Republic said to build 54-square-mile complex with spaceport at Chabahar; experts say space technology could enhance Tehran’s long-range missile capabilities
By ToI Staff
This image provided by Firefly Aerospace on Feb. 26, 2025 shows Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander orbiting the moon. (Firefly Aerospace via AP)
March 2, 2025, 12:10 pm
Another small step: Private outfit successfully puts lander on moon, a first
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander touches down on lunar surface to carry out experiments for NASA; more landers from other companies expected in coming weeks
By Marcia Dunn
For illustration: The Israeli Air Force uses Odysight's AI-based video monitoring solution in aircraft to detect potential failures and prevent accidents. (Courtesy)
February 6, 2025, 11:36 pm
Israel AI visualization startup deployed by NASA plans to list on Nasdaq
Omer-based Odysight installs cameras in an aircraft’s critical fail points and uses artificial intelligence to analyze the image for potential failures to prevent accidents
By Sharon Wrobel
This image released by Iran's Defense Ministry on Dec. 6, 2024, shows the launch of the Simorgh, or "Phoenix," rocket at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in rural Semnan province, Iran. (Iran Defense Ministry via AP)
December 6, 2024, 4:27 pm
Iran claims successful satellite launch said to improve Tehran’s ballistic missiles
Tehran’s Simorgh program is a satellite-carrying rocket that could be used to deliver nuclear payloads; no immediate independent confirmation of success of the launch
By AP
SpaceX's mega-rocket Starship cuts through clouds and haze on its third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, March 14, 2024. (Eric Gay/AP)
March 14, 2024, 9:17 pm
SpaceX nearly completes test flight of mega rocket, loses spacecraft near end
Company says contact lost with Starship as it neared Indian Ocean after taking off from Texas, but scientists satisfied with progress
By Marcia Dunn
Ayelet Shaked (L) and Idit Silman (R) at the Knesset on March 10, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 7, 2022, 1:35 pm
Daily Briefing April 7 – Anatomy of a breakup: What made Silman leave the coalition
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren finds answers in the days before coalition whip Idit Silman’s dramatic resignation; health reporter Nathan Jeffay offers optimistic headlines
By ToI Staff
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‘We are essentially creating the real-world Metaverse. We are able to take augmented data and match it to the real world,” says Edgybees CEO Adam Kaplan (Edgybees)
January 31, 2022, 6:19 pm
Israeli Metaverse startup saves lives on Earth and heads for Space
After helping the victims of fire, floods and hurricanes, Edgybees’ ‘Waze in the sky’ extends its tech to global issues
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January 20, 2022, 10:39 am
Not just Elon Musk: Investment in spacetech takes off
OurCrowd hosts Lieut. Gen. H.R. McMaster and expert guests online on Jan. 24
By Matthew Kalman
NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight ready James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. (NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Wikipedia)
January 5, 2022, 6:21 am
Space is changing. Webb is just the start, says ex-Israeli who was in from its dawn
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
By Haviv Rettig Gur
An illustration of the Lunar Extractor technology developed by Helios, which the startup hopes will be able to make oxygen on the Moon. (Courtesy)
October 18, 2021, 4:39 pm
Israel’s Helios to deliver space tech to the moon aboard European lunar lander
Startup signs agreement with Germany-based OHB to prove its oxygen-from-moon-sand tech works in no-gravity conditions
By Ricky Ben-David
One of the last photos taken by Beresheet before it crash landed into the moon, on April 11, 2019. (Courtesy SpaceIL)
September 5, 2021, 5:10 pm
SpaceIL issues call for scientific research proposals on 2nd moon mission
Israeli organization gears up for follow-up space mission in 2024, asks global research institutes to submit ideas for experiments
By Ricky Ben-David
An illustration of the Lunar Extractor technology developed by Helios, which the startup hopes will be able to make oxygen on the Moon. (Courtesy)
July 19, 2021, 5:27 pm
Israel’s Helios hitches ride on Japan lunar lander in bid to make oxygen on Moon
Startup signs accord to join second and third ispace missions; seeks to prove its oxygen-from-Moon-sand tech works in no-gravity conditions
By Shoshanna Solomon
A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule attached, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39-A, November 15, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
July 12, 2021, 4:34 pm
Antennas and sunlight-cooling nanoparticles win top Florida-Israel space prize
Space Florida, Israel Innovation Authority announce four winners of program to promote US-Israeli R&D projects in the field of aerospace and related technologies
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Beresheet selfie during landing, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
July 11, 2021, 1:08 pm
Israel’s SpaceIL shoots for the Moon for a second time, raises $70 million
Beresheet 2 mission hopes to launch in 2024 and will see double landing of two small crafts that will detach from mothership, one of them aiming for far side
By Shoshanna Solomon
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