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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Morris Kahn

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
This January 21, 2019 photo, taken by a drone camera, shows researchers from the predator project at the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station established by the University of Haifa looking for sharks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the northern Israeli city of Hadera.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 28, 2019, 4:00 pm
The sharks have returned — to the warm waters off Hadera power station
Scientists begin tagging specimens for research, warn public to stay away, though intrepid divers are expected to frequent underwater site
By Sue Surkes
Israelis in Tel Aviv react after watching the Beresheet spacecraft fail to land safely on the moon on April 11, 2019. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
May 13, 2019, 12:55 am
Genesis Prize Foundation grants $1 million toward Beresheet 2 spacecraft
While admitting decision deviates from traditional once-a-year-philanthropy, organization says support for second attempt at moon landing represents fund’s goal of inspiring Jews
By Marcy Oster
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks to International Bible Quiz for Youth winner Yonatan Weisman of Jerusalem, left, on Israel's Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 9, 2019, 6:38 pm
At Independence Day contest, PM vows to put a Bible on the moon
Citing the holy book as the source of Israel’s ‘initiative, determination and daring,’ Netanyahu promises to press ahead with a second lunar mission
By ToI Staff
Morris Kahn (R) announces he will contribute funding for a second Israeli moon landing attempt at the Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem on May 8, 2019 (Screenshot/Channel 12)
May 8, 2019, 11:07 pm
Lighting torch, SpaceIL chair Morris Kahn says he’ll fund 2nd Beresheet moonshot
While being honored at Independence Day ceremony, billionaire philanthropist goes off script to announce he will again contribute to lunar mission
By ToI Staff
The last shot Beresheet sent of landing before crashing onto the moon's surface, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
April 15, 2019, 4:14 pm
SpaceIL chairman and co-founder to light Independence Day torch
Morris Kahn and Kfir Damari will receive honor during ceremony on May 8 for promoting tech education and encouraging innovation
By ToI Staff
Yariv Bash, right, Yonatan Winetraub, middle, and Kfir Damari, the founders of SpaceIL, inserting a digital time capsule into the Beresheet spacecraft, December 17, 2018. (Yoav Weiss)
February 18, 2019, 4:38 pm
With sights set on the moon, Israel to launch privately funded spacecraft Friday
Beresheet set to touch down in the Sea of Tranquility on April 11; $100 million project, paid for mostly by Jewish donors, would make Israel 4th country to land a craft on the moon
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: A dialysis machine to treat kidney disease. (Picsfive; iStock by Getty Images)
November 20, 2018, 2:15 pm
Israeli kidney-cells startup gets backing from billionaire Kahn’s venture arm
KidneyCure Ltd., a biotech firm that uses personalized cell therapy to help improve the function of kidneys, nabs funding from investors including Morris Kahn’s Aurum Ventures
By Shoshanna Solomon
Canadian real estate mogul Sylvan Adams, right, with Morris Kahn, at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)’s MBT Space facility in Yehud where SpaceIL's spacecraft to the moon is being assembled (Eliran Avital)
November 19, 2018, 10:38 am
Canadian mogul Adams gives $5 million to Israel moon bid project
Sylvan Adams, who helped bring this year the Giro d’Italia cycling race to Israel, joins Israel’s effort to launch and land its first spacecraft on moon
By Shoshanna Solomon
Opher Doron, general manager of Israel Aerospace Industries' space division, speaks beside the SpaceIL lunar module, in a special "clean room" where the space craft is being developed, during a press tour of their facility near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Ilan Ben Zion)
October 3, 2018, 5:02 pm
NASA to help Israeli firm launch first moon mission
US space agency will provide laser reflector to guide unmanned spacecraft, which is scheduled to land in February
By ToI Staff
Israeli billionaire and investor Morris Kahn (L) speaks to journalists in front of a Israeli Aerospace Industries spacecraft during a press conference to announce its launch to the moon, in Yehud, near Tel Aviv, on July 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
July 10, 2018, 1:03 pm
Israeli spacecraft aims for historic moon landing… within months
SpaceIL’s unmanned probe will blast off before year’s end; touchdown scheduled for February 13, 2019, when it will unfurl national flag, conduct experiments
By Stuart Winer and Shoshanna Solomon
Zebra's Medical Vision's scan analysis technology in action (Courtesy)
June 7, 2018, 4:51 pm
Israel’s Zebra raises $30m from billionaires Nacht, Kahn for x-ray reads
Startup uses machine learning to analyze data from scans, produces medical reports with 90% accuracy
By Shoshanna Solomon
Philanthropist Morris Kahn, left, Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman, center, and Stan Polovets, co-founder and Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation. (Genesis Foundation)
May 28, 2018, 1:22 pm
Genesis, Morris Kahn set up $1m grant competition to boost women in Israel
Nonprofits working in the field are eligible to apply; program is in line with foundation’s 2018 theme: ‘Advancing women’s equality in all aspects of human endeavor’
By Shoshanna Solomon
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