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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Ministry of Science Technology and Space

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
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
An Israeli analog astronaut walks inside a simulated spacesuit next to a space rover in the Ramon Crater in the Negev on October 31, 2021. (Amy Spiro)
November 1, 2021, 4:50 pm
Astronauts ‘touch down’ in Negev’s Ramon Crater after mission to ‘Mars’
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
By Amy Spiro
Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis addresses the Knesset plenum, April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2018, 4:15 pm
Science minister blocks academic from panel over her views on army service
Ofir Akunis nixes Yael Amitai’s appointment to board of Israel-German grant body due to a 2005 petition she signed calling on soldiers to refuse to serve in the West Bank
By Stuart Winer
The VENµS satellite and launcher at the launch site in French Guiana on July 31, 2017. (courtesy Israel Space Agency)
August 2, 2017, 5:06 am
Israel launches first environmental research satellite Venμs
High-resolution photos from satellite will be used to track climate change-linked trends, such as desertification, erosion, pollution
By Melanie Lidman
Artist's rendering of the VENμS satellite, Israel's first environmental research satellite, set to launch on August 2, 2017. (Israel Space Agency)
July 31, 2017, 6:29 pm
Men are from Mars, high-res pics are from Venμs
Israel to launch first environmental and agricultural research satellite from French Guiana on Wednesday
By Melanie Lidman
The Amos-6, Israel's largest ever satellite, and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on which it was perched go up in flames after the rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on September 1, 2016. (YouTube screen capture)
September 11, 2016, 8:20 pm
Experts warn Israel faces satellite shortages after Amos-6 loss
Science minister says ‘no resources’ to develop joint project with Italy, as scientists beg for increased government budget
By Marissa Newman
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (L) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after being sworn in as minister in the Knesset plenum on September 2, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2015, 4:47 pm
In first, minister from ultra-Orthodox UTJ sworn in
Breaking long-standing party taboo, Yaakov Litzman takes over Health Ministry; Ofir Akunis approved to replace Danny Danon
By Marissa Newman
A frame from the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster 'Armageddon,' which tells the story of a team that lands on a massive asteroid to prevent it from destroying the earth (courtesy Touchstone Pictures)
August 24, 2015, 7:59 am
Mock trial in Israel to debate who pays when asteroid hits
International Court of Justice judges to attend event in Jerusalem focusing on legal aspects of a simulated space disaster
By ToI Staff
Likud member Danny Danon (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at the Likud party conference at the Airport City conference center, near Modi'in, on November 9, 2014 (Flash90)
May 17, 2015, 10:56 pm
Jokers skewer space minister Danon
Israeli internet users cast incoming cabinet member as a string of science fiction characters
By Gedalyah Reback
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