Space

20 stories about Space
מימין מייקל סופרדיני שי לי שפיגלמן איתן סטיבה ענבל קרייס כנס חלל

“Israel is paving the way for private-public partnerships in space”

26.01.21|CTech
Panelists discuss the challenges and opportunities of private spaceflight during Israel Space Week
איתן סטיבה

“The work we’ll do in space will closely relate to our life on Earth,” says Israel’s first private astronaut

25.01.21|Yafit Ovadia
Eytan Stibbe discusses his upcoming mission during Israel Space Agency’s opening event in marking Israeli Space Week
אבי בלסברגר

Ahead of Israeli Space Week, ISA director reveals country’s goals for the great beyond

22.01.21|Yafit Ovadia
“Investing in space tech startups is important, despite the fact that the time to go to market is longer and the risks are higher,” says Avi Blasberger
הלווין ונוס

Israeli satellite strays from path to prevent collision with NASA’s Terra

27.12.20|Udi Etsion
In space’s worst nightmare, IAI received a warning from the ESA that Israel's Venus satellite was about to collide with NASA’s veteran environmental research satellite, averting disaster
איתן סטיבה ו חוקרים

Israeli scientists get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to send their experiments to the International Space Station

24.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
Call for proposals offered a detailed list of requirements for Israeli scientists and researchers to send their projects into space in 2021
שלומי סודרי

Taking Israeli Chutzpah to the Moon: Its next lunar mission aims to land not one, but two vessels

18.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
“Failure isn’t an option,” says Shlomi Sudri, General-Manager of the Space Division at Israel Aerospace Industries about plans for Israel’s next lunar mission and how this time will be completely different
איתן סטיבה על רקע שיגור

Eytan Stibbe will blast off toward a new future of spaceflight

13.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
With plans for the next Israeli astronaut to fly aboard a SpaceX craft, commercialized spaceflight is bringing about a new era
כדור הארץ חלל

The new commercial space race has countries soaring into the unknown

13.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
Countries today aren’t competing over who will make it first to the Moon, but many are looking to mark new firsts of their own
מוסף שבועי 10.7.14 יצחק בן ישראל

“When it comes to space, Israel has its own new frontiers to conquer”

11.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
Isaac Ben-Israel, head of Israel’s Cyber Center and Chairman of the Israel Space Agency shares his thoughts about cybersecurity, his predictions for the Israeli space industry, and the country’s upcoming space endeavors
ענבל קרייס

“We learned to dare to dream,” says Israel’s top female space scientist

06.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
Ahead of the launch of Israel’s next astronaut, Inbal Kreiss discusses what comes next, why it’s important to dream, and how women can do anything they set their minds to
אילן הראל

NewRocket’s next-generation engines aren’t just futuristic, they’re green

04.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
After NewRocket receives a seed stage investment to produce its low-cost, green engines that rely on clean nontoxic gel fuel, the company is looking to partner with aerospace groups for further testing
גסיקה מאיר

Jewish astronauts reach for the stars

02.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
Eytan Stibbe, the second Israeli astronaut isn’t alone, to date 16 Jewish astronauts have made it to space
רן ליבנה

“Eytan Stibbe is leading the next wave of private astronauts,” says head of Ramon Foundation

29.11.20|Yafit Ovadia
The former fighter pilot turned businessman is breaking new ground for private space exploration, demonstrating the pioneering Israeli spirit
איתן סטיבה

Future Israeli astronaut to pay $50 million for space excursion

17.11.20|Udi Etsion
Eytan Stibbe will pay the sum to travel aboard the SpaceX rocket. At 63, he will be the oldest person to reach the ISS
איתן סטיבה טייס החלל הישראלי השני

Former air force pilot slated to be the second Israeli in space

16.11.20|Amir Kurtz
Eytan Stibbe is currently undergoing training in the U.S. and Europe ahead of a 2021 mission; “this is a day of great happiness and national pride,” says President Reuven Rivlin
תחנת החלל הבינלאומית נאס"א סרט בחלל

20 years on, the ISS remains a shining beacon of human unity

06.11.20|Dov Greenbaum
On a week like this, it’s better to look to the skies for inspiration than to dwell on our earthly divides
לווין אוניברסיטת תל אביב 1

Tel Aviv University students to send nanosatellite into space

04.11.20|Yafit Ovadia
The small satellite, which was designed and constructed in Israel, will measure cosmic radiation around the Earth
מתקן הדמיית מאדים במצפה רמון

Working during the pandemic is a lot like being in space

01.11.20|Udi Etsion
Employees working from home experience stress, loneliness, and anxiety, yet this is not dissimilar to what astronauts experience in space. Neta Parnas-Vizel, a sociologist explains how to resolve that and more
דונלד טראמפ קורונה מסכה אוקטובר 2020

Science naturally evolves, Covid-19 threatens to politicize that

30.10.20|Dov Greenbaum
While politicians are used to being hated, the real victim of recent times is probably science
Intel's Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit on the PhiSat-1

World’s first AI satellite scans the Earth to find climate anomalies

28.10.20|Yafit Ovadia
The technology developed by Intel Movidius uses artificial intelligence to differentiate between images and predict future weather events, while eliminating the need for human analysis