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Not enough women reaching for the stars, research into Israeli space industry reveals - study

The report by SpaceIL and The Parasol Foundation, states that less than a quarter of space industry employees are women.

 American astronaut in space.
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

Space is full of 200 tons of garbage. Now what?


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

Beresheet was the Start-Up Nation at its best

Yes, the spacecraft reached the Moon, but it crash-landed, ending any contact with its handlers and any ability to have it serve experimental purposes from the Moon’s surface.

THE SURFACE of the moon as seen from Beresheet

Looking at the Moon from Jerusalem on April 11

Was the SpaceIL Beresheet Moon mission a success? Yes. On a scale of 1-10, we would give it an eight.

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

Beresheet funder and initiator tapped to light torch on Independence Day

While Israel didn't become the fourth country to land on the moon, it did make it into an exclusive club of seven that achieved a moon orbit.

President of SpaceIL Morris Kahn with Canadian-Israeli businessman Sylvan Adams at IAI's MBT Space Divisio

SpaceIL to create and launch second Beresheet spacecraft

The first Beresheet spacecraft was largely successful, despite not having landed on the moon. Beresheet 2.0 is expected to complete the task.

ISRAEL HOPES the Beresheet project will showcase the country’s achievements

Nas Daily posts video dedicated to Beresheet

This is just the beginning of SpaceIL's journey.

Nuseir Yassin in his Nas Daily T-shirt.