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'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion

Founder of the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets on why your seventies and eighties – and even nineties – can be your most impactful years.

FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.
Morris Kahn attends a ceremony at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 6, 2019

Morris Kahn, Jewish billionaire owner of Amdocs and SpaceIL founder, dead at 96

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

Italy to collaborate with SpaceIL on Beresheet 2 moonshot

 David, Laura, and Jonathan Mirage and the management of SpaceIL

Jonathan Merage joins donors for the Beresheet2 Moon mission


SpaceIL: Beresheet won't attempt moon landing, will seek another challenge

SpaceIL decided that landing on the Moon was "not a sufficiently great challenge."

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

NASA releases photo of Israeli moonshot’s crash site

The image was taken some 56 miles from the surface of the moon by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA releases photo of Israeli moonshot’s crash site

Beresheet crash site photos released by NASA

Space IL launched Beresheet on February 22 and after multiple maneuvers attempted to land the spacecraft on the moon, but a technical error during the landing caused the spacecraft to crash.

Left: Beresheet impact site. Right: An image processed to highlight changes near the landing site among photos taken before and after the landing

Genesis Prize announces $1 million grant to support Beresheet 2

“We are pleased to be the first foundation to announce support of Beresheet 2 and invite you to join us in supporting this important project,” said Stan Polovets.

The historic selfie image of Beresheet of the spacecraft approaching the lunar surface

SpaceIL CEO steps down after 'great success' of Beresheet

Anteby concludes 15 months in the role after succeeding former CEO Eran Privman in February 2018.

Ido Anteby, SpaceIL's CEO stands in front of Beresheet

Beresheet, resilience and the Jewish people

A simple and elegant way to define resilience in layman’s terms is, “the ability to at all times and under all circumstances retain one’s basic humanity.”

A SPACEX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel’s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon lifts off on the first privately-funded lunar mission at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Government to inject $5.6 million into Beresheet 2 project

"The Beresheet project fascinated and united all Israeli citizens," Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said.

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

The Beresheet mission

On the moon, but not over the moon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) is flanked by (from left) two of the SpaceIL co-founders Yariv Bash, Yonatan Winetraub, SpaceIL President Morris Kahn and IAI Chairman Harel Locker, and his wife Sara (from the right)

Israel's journey to the moon is not over

“If at first you don’t succeed, you try again.”

Kfir Damari, Yonatan Winetraub, Morris Kahn and Yariv Bash

The Israeli spirit

This year’s theme is “Saluting the Israeli spirit” and the torch lighters personify those “who have overcome difficulties against all odds.”

Culture Minister Miri Regev (center) poses for a photo on Sunday with most of this year's Independence Day torchlighters