January 29, 2026

Artemis II crew members who will orbit the Moon: NASA's Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Photo: NASA

Randy “Comrade” Bresnik of NASA presented at the Ilan Ramon conference: This is how the Artemis program returns humanity to the moon

At the 21st Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, a NASA astronaut described Artemis II as the first manned step around the moon, and Gateway as the interim station for the era after the International Space Station.
Amit Kshetriya, deputy administrator of NASA, at the 21st Ilan Ramon Space Conference held at Tel Aviv University, January 28, 2025. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Risk management on the way to the moon

Amit Kshatriya, the deputy administrator of NASA, said at the 21st Ilan Ramon Space Conference held in Tel Aviv that the lessons of the Challenger and Columbia disasters, as well as the recent incident in which they were returned, must be internalized.
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel at the 21st Ilan Ramon Space Conference, January 28, 2026. Screenshot from a video by the Ministry of Science

Minister Gamliel at the Ramon Conference: A decade-long agreement with NASA, a space laboratory in Mitzpe Ramon, and an Israeli astronaut

At the opening of the 21st Ramon Conference at Tel Aviv University, the Minister of Innovation presented a vision for the coming decade: cooperation with NASA until 2035, promotion of the first Israeli female astronaut, and the establishment of “Access to Space” in Mitzpe Ramon with an investment