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Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducting a joint flight with an American B-52 strategic bomber are seen in an image published on March 6, 2025. Credit: IDF.
The lion has risen
Many a great leader has emphasized that peace comes through strength.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
June 25, 2025
Credit: NASA.gov.
Israel, NASA set to cooperate on space programs centered around Mars, moon
Through the Artemis Accords, “NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon, heralding a new era for space exploration and utilization.”
Jan. 26, 2022
Kfir Damari, co-founder of SpaceIL. Photo courtesy of SpaceIL.
Aiming for the moon … again
Kfir Damari, SpaceIL’s co-founder, talks about the “Beresheet” mission, plans for “Beresheet 2,” and his hope to spark children’s interest in space.
Diana Bletter
Jan. 18, 2022
A photo by the Beresheet spacecraft, in which an Israeli flag can be seen on a plaque with the inscription, “Am Israel Chai,” or “the Jewish people lives,” and in English, “Small country, big dreams,” taken 23,360 miles from Earth. Credit: SpaceIL/IAI.
Countdown has begun: Israel redoubles efforts for second attempt to land on moon
The “Beresheet 2” mission is hoping to break several records in global space history, including a double landing on the moon in a single mission, along with landing on its far side, which to date has only been accomplished by China.
Josh Hasten
July 15, 2021
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (right) and SpaceIL president Morris Kahn at an introduction of the Israeli spacecraft "Beresheet" at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.
Israel is $70 million closer to its second lunar mission
SpaceIL is raising funds to go back to the moon—this time for a historic double landing
Abigail Klein Leichman
July 15, 2021
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (left) and Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay display a schematic for the “Beresheet 2” lunar probe, Dec. 9, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
Israel launches second space program to put a lander on the moon
Seven countries have “expressed interest” in participating in the “Beresheet 2” mission, and the subject “has been raised“ with the United Arab Emirates, says Israel’s science and technology minister.
Dec. 10, 2020
Emirati officials brief Dubai ruler and UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum about a possible moon mission, Sept. 29, 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Source: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum/Twitter.
UAE plans to launch unmanned spacecraft to moon by 2024
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: “The UAE will be the fourth country in the world to send a mission to explore the moon.”
Sept. 29, 2020
Selfie image as the spacecraft prepared for its lunar landing in April 2019. Credit: “Beresheet.”
Israel’s second attempt to land aircraft on moon just years away, says engineer
Of the first attempt, Ehud Hayun, a space systems engineer at Israel Aerospace Industries, said “on the technical level, things were difficult because we had a huge task defined: the first low-cost lunar mission. We had no reference to look at. It’s never been done before.”
Oct. 25, 2019
The iCenter for Israel Education is offering an escape room experience in North America focused on Israeli and space-related education. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
iCenter’s SpaceIL-themed escape room offers different kind of Israel education
The room has traveled across North America, welcoming groups as young as 13, in addition to educators, administrators and lay leaders.
Oct. 23, 2019