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Israel in space

June 22, 2026, 1:26 pm
Daily Briefing June 22 — ‘A cease between fires’: Living on Israel’s northern front
Health reporter Diana Bletter discusses life along Israel’s northern border under intermittent Hezbollah attacks, as well as Israeli breakthroughs in cancer treatment and space exploration
By Gabriella Jacobs and Diana Bletter
Juno hovering above Jupiter’s south pole. (Visualization/Courtesy/NASA)
February 2, 2026, 3:55 pm
Deflated: Israeli scientists find Jupiter, though huge, is smaller than previously thought
Using data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers make most precise measurement to date, say the gas giant is thinner and flatter than believed
By Diana Bletter
Illustration of the sunshade being developed by Cool Earth at the Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology, in northern Israel. (Youtube screenshot)
July 31, 2024, 9:57 pm
Israeli scientist proposes massive space sunshade to cut global temperatures by 1.5ºC
Yoram Rozen, head of Technion’s Space Research Institute, seeks $15 million to launch prototype; ‘If we can’t show that it can work technologically, then nobody else will do it”
By Sue Surkes
Artist impression of the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite, or ULTRASAT. (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
February 21, 2023, 3:06 pm
Israel to launch first space telescope in 2026, will observe stellar collisions
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
By ToI Staff
This illustration provided by SpaceX shows the SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. (SpaceX/NASA via AP)
January 26, 2022, 8:25 pm
Israel signs onto NASA-led Artemis program to land astronauts on lunar surface
Space program hopes to establish long-term human presence on moon as a warm-up for future missions to Mars
By Ricky Ben-David
Israel Space Agency officials and students watch from Herzliya as the SpaceX Falcon rocket launches in Florida, on January 13, 2022. (Screenshot)
January 13, 2022, 9:06 pm
8 tiny satellites built by Israeli students launched into space
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
By Amy Spiro
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
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
Illustrative - In this image released by NASA, Comet Neowise (left) is seen in the eastern horizon above Earth, in this image taken from the International Space Station on Sunday, on July 5, 2020. (NASA via AP)
May 5, 2021, 1:23 pm
Israel unveils chosen space experiments, from battery cells to leukemia cells
44 ‘bold and daring’ projects, part of Rakia program of research projects on International Space Station, to be performed by Israeli astronaut with kids following along in class
By Shoshanna Solomon
Simulated lunar sand melted at 1600 degrees celsius by Helium to develop oxygen (Courtesy)
April 26, 2021, 1:44 pm
Making oxygen from moon sand, startup eyes long-term life in space
Tech developed by Helios melts lunar soil to extract oxygen for fuel, enabling lower payloads and lower costs for space missions
By Shoshanna Solomon
Screen capture from video of a rocket that launched three Israeli nanosatellites from Kazahkstan, March 22, 2021. (Twitter)
March 22, 2021, 12:00 pm
3 Israeli nanosatellites blast into space to test new method for rescue beacons
Trio of shoebox-sized, fuel-sipping spacecraft aim to provide emergency location services usually supplied by much larger satellites
By Nathan Jeffay and ToI Staff
An illustrative image of Earth, as viewed from space (YouTube screenshot)
November 1, 2020, 3:11 pm
Tel Aviv University aims to launch shoebox-size satellite next year
The nanosatellite, developed and built by students and researchers, will hitch a ride on a NASA spacecraft and collect data on cosmic radiation in space
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prof. Avi Loeb in his Harvard office. His computer wallpaper features a photo of Proxima Centauri, the closest known star to our Sun. (Rich Tenorio/Times of Israel)
July 19, 2019, 8:57 pm
Israeli Harvard astronomer has an inalienable gravitation to interstellar study
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Prof. Avi Loeb defiantly holds out hope that humanity will encounter other forms of life in the universe
By Rich Tenorio
The last shot Beresheet sent of landing before crashing onto the moon's surface, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
July 10, 2019, 1:07 am
US company plans to build ‘Genesis’ moon landers based on Beresheet technology
Firefly Aerospace, Inc signs intellectual agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries to build for-profit, rapid and affordable lunar missions based on the Israeli effort
By Melanie Lidman
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