Space IL

Are US, Israel racing to deploy space-based lasers or orbital weapons first? - analysis

Some have already speculated that Israel could destroy enemy space satellites using the Arrow 3 missile system, given that it already strikes ballistic missiles in space.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
US-China space race is heating up
THE IRON Dome fires an interceptor missile as rockets are launched from Gaza, near Sderot in August 2018.

Israel plans development of space weapons capable of striking targets on Earth

Defense Minister Israel Katz said space capabilities would provide the IDF with an advantage in future conflicts as Israel seeks to become a leading space power.

|ByAMIR BOBOT
The surface of the moon.

Israel’s role in lunar infrastructure could define future space power - opinion

The moon will become an extension of Earth’s economic and security architecture

|ByHILLA HADDAD CHMELNIK
Israeli scientists participate in an experiment simulating a mission to Mars, at the D-MARS Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station project of Israel's Space Agency, Ministry of Science, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

Israeli Space Week highlights Israel’s growing role in space sector

“The space industry is not only an engine of economic growth and vital to our security - it is our bridge to the future,” Gila Gamliel, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, said.

|ByESTHER DAVIS

To the Moon

Tiny Israel is again in the news, this time for something remarkable for any nation.

MARCH 4, 2019BySYLVAN ADAMS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel’s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon is prepared for launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida on February 21

Israel to the moon!

The Beresheet spacecraft blasts off toward a brighter future.

MARCH 3, 2019ByYAFIT OVADIA
The control room at Israel Aerospace Industries headquarters

The moon and secondhand cellphone light

I had the misfortune at a recent concert to sit next to a guy constantly checking WhatsApp messages. He might just as well have brought a lamp into the room and kept it on throughout the show.

MARCH 1, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Cartoon Israel lunar spacecraft

Israel's first lunar spacecraft experiences technical difficulties

Space IL and Israel Aerospace Industries, the organizations that spearheaded the projects, are currently examining the data to understand what went wrong.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019ByYVETTE J. DEANE
SpaceIL's Beresheet unmanned spacecraft is seen in the clean room of Israel Aerospace Industries in Yehud.