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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Beresheet spacecraft

Takeshi Hakamada, center, founder and CEO of ispace, and his team staff gather for photo session after livestream of HAKUTO-R private lunar exploration program on screen at the lunar landing event Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
April 26, 2023, 9:24 am
‘High probability’ lander crashed on moon, Japanese space company says
More than 6 hours after losing communication, ispace speculates its spacecraft suffered same fate as Israel’s failed Beresheet landing in 2019
By Marcia Dunn
Illustrative: The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking, April 24, 2021. (NASA via AP, File)
May 18, 2022, 6:29 pm
Israel plans to invest NIS 600 million to develop civilian space tech
New project by Israel Space Agency hopes to position country as ‘one of the world’s leaders in the space industry’
By Ricky Ben-David
A specially constructed chickpea greenhouse that will head into space. (Avivlabs via JTA)
February 9, 2022, 8:12 am
Israel-NASA project aims to grow hummus chickpeas in space
Carefully selected seeds to be grown on International Space Station, while thousands of students in Israel conduct parallel experiment as control
By Rachel Ringer
The Fluidic Telescope Experiment (FLUTE), was designed and built by researchers in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion in collaboration with a team of researchers at NASA. (Courtesy of the Technion)
January 24, 2022, 6:38 pm
Space meat and hummus: Israel finalizes experiments for upcoming ISS mission
35 projects, part of Rakia program of research studies on International Space Station, to be performed by Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe this spring
By Ricky Ben-David
United Arab Emirates astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoori gestures shortly after the landing in a space capsule about 150 km (90 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, on October 3, 2019. (Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool/AFP)
December 23, 2021, 8:46 pm
UAE astronaut gifts Jewish state with Israeli flag he took to space
Hazzaa al-Mansoori flew to the International Space Station with the national ensign a year before the Abraham Accords normalized relations between the UAE and Israel
By ToI Staff
Police officers raid a Yeshiva that is open in violation of the COVID-19 emergency regulations, in the Sanhedria Neighborhood of Jerusalem on January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 21, 2021, 2:12 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 21 – COVID studies offer telling results
Startup Israel editor Ricky Ben-David and science and health correspondent Nathan Jeffay discuss coronavirus research, Israel-UAE collaboration on Beresheet 2, and foldable cars
By ToI Staff
From left: SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn, Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, Emirati Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency, and SpaceIL CEO Shimon Sarid. (Courtesy)
October 20, 2021, 5:57 pm
Israel, UAE to launch joint space projects, including Beresheet 2 Moon mission
Countries’ respective space agencies ink deals to cooperate on scientific research, space exploration, and knowledge transfer
By Ricky Ben-David
The last shot Beresheet sent of landing before crashing onto the moon's surface, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
October 20, 2021, 5:25 am
Israel and UAE flags on Moon? Nations said poised to pen space cooperation deal
Report says allies will cooperate on Israel’s Beresheet 2 mission, with students from two nations to build satellite that will also determine precise time of new moon for calendar
By ToI Staff
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
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
A conceptual schematic for the Beresheet 2 lander, released to the media on December 9, 2020. (Haim Zach/GPO)
December 9, 2020, 4:56 pm
Israel launches second bid to put a lander on the moon; UAE may join
Joint SpaceIL and IAI venture will comprise orbiter and 2 landers; science minister says Emirates one of 7 countries interested in partnering on project
By ToI Staff
In this photo made available from the twitter account of UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai, Emirati officials brief Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum about a possible moon mission, Sept. 29, 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Twitter account via AP)
September 29, 2020, 12:12 pm
United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024
Announcement by Dubai ruler comes after launch of Mars probe earlier this year
By Jon Gambrell
The Beresheet selfie during landing, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
January 1, 2020, 11:34 am
Celebrating a decade of life-changing Israeli inventions
From Waze to cancer-busting nano-ghost cells and 3-D printed hearts, The Times of Israel takes a dive into tech that helps us get where we’re going and keeps us safe and healthy
By Shoshanna Solomon
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) employees react as they listen to an announcement by organizations's chief Kailasavadivoo Sivan at its Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bangalore, India, September 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
September 7, 2019, 4:01 am
Echoing Israeli failure, India loses touch with lander on its approach to moon
Spacecraft was making final approach to lunar surface to search for water when it ceased communications, recalling April crash landing of Israel’s Beresheet craft
By AP and ToI Staff
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