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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


‘Midbar’ art exhibit brings the desert to life at the Beresheet Hotel

The exhibition is spread across 50,000 square m. of hotel grounds, both inside and outside of the Negev Desert and the Ramon Crater.

 ‘PASSAGES’ BY Enatnesh Yallow.

Israel Space Agency chair Dan Blumberg: Steering Israeli space ambitions

The new chairman has a robust background in space science and is ready to help make Israel a major player in the growing space field.

 PROF. DAN BLUMBERG, chairman, Israel Space Agency: What can be done to make Israel a major space power?

Israel, UAE to collaborate on Beresheet 2 moon mission

This is one of many new collaborations between the two countries following the signing of the Abraham Accords.

Technion students

SpaceIL, Parasol Foundation announce collaborative program for women in space

The Women in SpaceIL initiative will offer scholarships to female engineering students and graduates.

SpaceIL's Beresheet unmanned spacecraft is seen in the clean room of Israel Aerospace Industries in Yehud.

Small country, big dreams: Israel’s moon lander 2.0

This is the inside story of Israel’s moon lander.

 Beresheet 1 sits inside a vacuum chamber

Israel, UAE sign historic space agreement

Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology and Space Orit Farkash, and the UAE’s Minister of State for Advanced Technology Sarah Al Amiri signed the historic agreement together.

 Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology and Space Orit Farkash (third to left) and the UAE’s Minister of State for Advanced Technology Sarah Al Amiri (third to right) pictured with SpaceILs chairman Morris Kahn (second to right) at the 2020 Expo Dubai

Israel, UAE to collaborate on Beresheet 2 space mission

After reaching a historic peace agreement with Israel just last year, the UAE will now have an opportunity to bring its space exploration program into the future.

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

SpaceIL accepting proposals for experiments for Beresheet 2 moon mission

Proposal submissions are due by November 15, 2021, with the mission set to be launched some time in the fourth quarter of 2024.

 The “Beresheet2” mission is planned to create several world class achievements in global space, including dual landing on the Moon in a single mission, landing on the far side of the Moon.

SpaceIL obtains $70 million for Beresheet 2 Moon mission

A group of entrepreneur-philanthropists brought SpaceIL within $30 million of its total expected cost for the mission.

Israeli scientists inspect Beresheet in Yehud

Beresheet 2: Israel's next mission to the Moon is set for 2024

The Beresheet 2 project, like its predecessor, is expected to cost some $100 million.

A model of the Beresheet 2 spacecraft.