Israeli technology in space

An astronaut grows plants on the moon. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The researchers of the Desert Research Institute in Sde Boker are leading an international experiment to grow plants in space in the Beresheet 2 spacecraft

The project is an important step towards proving the ability to grow plants on the moon to produce healthy food for astronauts who will land on it in the future. Finding new ways to maximize sustainable food production on a globe
A satellite biological laboratory, as understood by DALEE2. Definitions: DALL·E 2023-08-28 20.48.45 - biological lab inside a sattelite orbiting earth with few test tubes and a microscope looks like a photo

The pharmaceutical manufacturing market in space is developing; Companies raise considerable sums; Space Pharma has received approval from the USPTO to manufacture a drug in space

Two British companies have raised funds from investors to develop satellites for the production of drugs and chips in space. CEO of Spice Pharma Yossi Yamin: This shows that we are not the only crazy people and that even the capital market recognizes the market
The Israeli commercial satellite TECSAR1 that was launched in 2018 and uses radar technology. Photo: Israel Aerospace Industries

The DS-SAR satellite that IAI produced for Singapore has been successfully launched

The satellite began its mission in space and transmitted first data to the ground station. The DS-SAR radar observation satellite will be used for government and commercial purposes; by the Singapore government and a private company
From the right Uri Oron Dror Gloverman Hila Hadad Hamelnik and the founding partners of the Einat Berkowitz Foundation Yaron Sagi Lior Herman and Udi Danhirsh TYPE5. Photo: Nir Shmol

The Israeli space economy has something to aspire to when the global space economy currently generates about D450 billion

Lior Harman - co-founder of TYPE5 VC Space Tech Group: the space market in Israel generates tens of millions of dollars - a relatively small figure compared to the inherent potential in this field and certainly compared to other countries
Engineering model of the Genesis 2 lander. Courtesy of SPACEIL

A large group of donors is withdrawing from the Genesis mission

The donor group that invested 45 million dollars in the Genesis 2 mission, announced that it would stop further funding; The Kahn Foundation: the group will continue to support the educational activities of the Spice IL association; CEO of Spice Eye
Illustration of an Ultrasat satellite (credit: Israel Aerospace Industries)

The ULTRASAT satellite will be developed and built by the Aerospace Industry

Israel Aerospace Industries has signed an agreement with the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Ministry of Science and Technology under which it will design, develop and build the first Israeli astronomical observation satellite
Earth satellite assembly works. Photo: Herzliya Science Center

Tel Aviv University will lead the Tavel 2 student satellite project

As part of the program, high school students from 7 settlements in the periphery will develop and build tiny satellites and launch them into space by the end of 2024. The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology is investing about NIS 9 million in this program
The Israeli space telescope Ultrasat. Screenshot from a video by Prof. Eli Waxman, Weizmann Institute

NASA will launch the first Israeli space telescope ULTRASAT

The space telescope, a flagship project of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Space Agency, will be launched in 2026 and is expected to revolutionize space exploration
From right to left Uri Oron, Shimon Sharid, Dr. Walther Peltzer, and Kafir Demari, credit to Ronan Horesh

A German-developed navigation algorithm will help the Genesis 2 spacecraft land on the moon

The SpaceIL association and the German Air and Space Center - DLR, signed a cooperation agreement for the first time
From right to left, SpaceIL CEO Shimon Sharid, NASA Deputy Chief Bob Cabana and Israel Space Agency Director Uri Oron. Photo: Ronen Horesh, LLC

The Israel Space Agency and NASA sign a declaration of scientific cooperation in the Genesis 2 mission

As part of the joint statement of intent, NASA is expected to contribute a linear energy transfer spectrometer, communication network support and coordination with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the future, NASA is expected to participate in the selection of landing sites and team members
From the right: Director of the Israel Space Agency, Uri Oron and President of the Association of Manufacturers, Dr. Ron Tomer. PR photo

The space industry joins the Association of Manufacturers

The President of the Association of Industrialists Ron Tomer announced at the 18th Ilan Ramon Conference held in Tel Aviv the establishment of the Space 5.0 project that will unite the companies in the new space sector
An organ on a chip in the space station. Illustration: Spice Pharma

"Medical research in space - a promise that is beginning to come true"

This is how Yossi Yamin, CEO of Spice Pharma, described it at the "Silicon Club" high-tech managers' forum meeting that took place on December 27 in Tel Aviv and dealt with the new space
Rona Ramon (left) with Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel. Photography: Chen Galili

"The new space provides an excellent opportunity for Israel"

This is what Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel, who until a few months ago served as the chairman of the Israeli Agency, says at the high-tech Silicon Club meeting held on December 27
Ramon Space's space storage system. Illustration: Ofer Shapir

The new space means independent commercial projects from country dependencies

This is what Prof. Ran Ginosar of the Technion, chairman of Ramon Space Company, says at the event on the subject of "the new space" at the high-tech Silicon Club managers' forum held on December 27, 2022.
Astroscale's Lexi satellite. Fig

New CEO of Astroscale Israel satellite company: Ofir Azriel

Aryeh Halzband, the retiring CEO will serve as a senior advisor to the global company
Simulating the landing of the Genesis 2 spaceship in the Sim dot Space simulation system. SPACEIL photography

SpaceIL will be assisted by Sim Dot Space, which will provide a hybrid laboratory and simulator for landing "Bereshit 2" on the moon

The founders of Sim Dot Space Assaf Levin and Amir Nute were responsible for the development of the hybrid laboratory and the digital simulations also of "Beresheit 1" as subcontractors, and were called to the flag to use for the benefit of the Beresheet 2 challenges
President Yitzhak Herzog at the President's House. archives. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, Attorney General

President Yitzhak Herzog at a space conference in Abu Dhabi: from space you can see no borders

President Herzog's speech was presented on December 5 at a conference held in the United Arab Emirates, a space power in its own right
From the right, Shimon Sherid from the association's director, Or Netaf, Sahar Peretz, Julia Saleh, Ruth Persol and Lee Alpert. Photo: Eran Akerman

The Persol Foundation and the SpaceIL association have selected the candidates who will be integrated into a joint program to empower women in the field of space.

Two of them will be integrated into the development of the Genesis 2 mission which is expected to be launched in 2025
From right to left: Avi Berger, lieutenant colonel in the reserves, head of the space program at Mophat Moshebat, Aryeh Helzband, CEO of Astroscale Israel, Amir Geber, VP of programs of Astroscale Israel, Ron Lopez, president and director of Astroscale USA. Photography: Dwight Dahan

Astroscale Israel has completed the construction of a robotic laboratory for computer vision and a clean room

The new facilities will advance the service for satellites in orbit in space and the private space industry in Israel. Ron Lopez, President and CEO of Astroscale USA: The global company has ambitious growth plans that include building service satellites for evacuation
Growing plants on the moon. (Of course in reality it will look different). Illustration: Lunaria One

SpaceIL announces together with Lunaria One the selection of another experiment for the Genesis 2 spacecraft: growing plants on the moon 

Lunaria One is an international consortium made up of universities and public bodies that aims to increase sustainable activities in space, including Ben Gurion University
the surface of the moon. Image: depositphotos.com

An ImageSat camera will monitor physical and chemical processes of the surface of the lunar surface in Genesis 2

This was announced by the SpaceIL association. ImageSat is an old Israeli company that provides satellite photographs that record high-resolution sites on Earth, and now one of the devices on Lavinia will map the moon in cooperation with
the surface of the moon. Image: depositphotos.com

Lulav Spice and Ramon Spice will integrate the Beresheet 2 landing sensor systems

Lulav Space will implement the landing sensor algorithm it developed on Ramon Space's computing platform, which is resistant to high levels of radiation and extreme temperatures
Medicines in space. Image: depositphotos.com

SpaceIL has chosen a first experiment for the Genesis 2 mission: testing the effectiveness of drugs in deep space missions

The first selected experiment led by Professor Sarah Eyal from the Hebrew University and in collaboration with Space Pharma and is designed to test the stability of drugs in space over time, in orbit around the moon
The Zohar and Helga mannequins aboard Artemis 1 are planned to orbit the Moon outside the Earth's radiation belt. Photo: NASA

Israeli development - at the heart of the Artemis 1 mission: mannequins on which the AstroRad vest that protects against radiation will be tested

A joint experiment by the Israeli Space Agency with its German counterpart will test the degree of protection the suit provides against radiation in space. If the experiment is successful, there is a high chance that the technology will become standard in deep space missions
At the time of taking office, Ido stated that he intends to fill the position until the task is completed.

Afka College is establishing a space club led by Dr. Ido Entavi, former CEO of SpaceIL

The club will increase the occupation of engineering students in the fields of space and train them to work in the field
This is what happened to plans for the development of the space economy in Israel. Photo: depositphotos.com

The proposed plan to promote space: an investment of NIS 600m and the doubling of space companies in Israel

The new plan also includes the establishment of a satellite for research purposes, increasing the number of researchers and high school graduates working in the field * In 2016, a similar plan was prepared with a budget of NIS 300 million, but it did not come to fruition
From right to left, Shlomi Ben Avraham, Yael Hellman and Mika Ben Ari - students of the Herzliya Science Center who spoke on amateur radios with Eitan Stiva at the International Space Station. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The students overcame the problem and the question and answer event with Eitan Stiva took place

Last Thursday, 14/4/2022, an event was held at the Herzliya Science Center in which students from several schools in Israel spoke with the Israeli Eitan Stiva during his stay on the International Space Station
Eitan Stiva performs the Israeli CRISPR experiment on the International Space Station. From NASA TV

The videos of the experiments conducted by Eitan Stiva as filmed inside the space station * The landing was postponed

Today, Tuesday 19/4/2022 at four o'clock in the afternoon Israel time, Eitan Stiva and his three companions will enter the private space mission AX-1. They are supposed to land tomorrow, Wednesday at 15:17 Israel time
Eitan Stiva and Mark Pathy, also from the Ax-1 team, swam with the students of the Space-Startup program, an educational program for XNUMXth-XNUMXth graders and students from Canada, which uses the world of space alongside practices from the world of entrepreneurship

Summary of Eitan Stiva's experiments at the space station April 14-16, 2022

With a short break for Seder Pesach, Eitan Stiva was busy all weekend with the Israeli experiments
The welcoming ceremony for the AX-1 crew members upon their arrival at the International Space Station on Saturday. Photo: Axiom Company

Day three of a celestial mission on the space station: Stiva completed the first part of the CRISPR experiment

Throughout the day, Eitan Stiva performs a variety of scientific experiments from the International Space Station, in the field of remote medicine.
In the photo: from the right, Prof. Uri Folat, Dr. Eran Shankar, and Prof. Yossi Mendel. Photo courtesy of those photographed

Eitan Stiva completed the first Israeli biomedical research on the International Space Station

The experiment tested the changes that occur in the ability to see during space flight. The researchers are Dr. Eran Shanker, Prof. Uri Polat and Prof. Yossi Mendel.
Eitan Stiva back for the launch. Photo: SpaceX

The genetic search engine that will use Eitan Stiva to diagnose diseases in space * The launch is expected for today (Fri) at 18:17

The experiment that will allow us to be healthy even outside the earth will be launched into space today together with Eitan Stiva
The control room of the Rakei mission in the Check Point building in Tel Aviv. Photograph by Keren Ramon PR

The 'Rakia' mission complex was established at the Check Point offices in Tel Aviv

Ahead of the launch next week, a 'Rakia' mission complex was set up at the Check Point offices in Tel Aviv, including a control room from which scientists, artists and educators will monitor the activities of astronaut Eitan Stiva on the International Space Station;
A mixture of seeds from a volcanic institute that Ethan Stiva will take into space. PR photo

Eitan Stiva will take wild seeds from the volcanic institute where his father worked, as a tribute to the institute's 100th anniversary celebrations

The bag of seeds that will be taken is of the seeds of closely related wild varieties, which are collected and preserved in the Israeli gene bank at the Volcanic Institute. These seeds are unique and valuable in light of the great genetic diversity that they treasure and form the basis of
Minister Orit Farkash HaCohen UAE Minister of Advanced Technologies and the UAE Space Agency, Sara Bint Youssef Al Amiri

First cooperation between Israel and the Emirates in space in the study of the Earth using the Venus satellite data

All research proposals are shared by researchers from Israel and the United Arab Emirates and will work to promote solutions to the Earth's environmental and climate challenges from data collected from space
Eitan Stiva and Amir Ilan, Aleph Farm chef. Photo: Aleph Farms

Sky Mission Experiments Part 3: The rest of the medical experiments, space steak and the student experiments

Review of scientific experiments and technological demonstrations that will be carried out by Eitan Stiva in the sky mission. Out of 31 missions approved. Third review in a series that also includes four experiments of high school students selected for the flight
An EEG experiment that will examine Eitan Stiva's brain. Photo: brain.space company

Sky Task Experiments Part 2: Studies in the Brain

Review of scientific experiments and technological demonstrations that will be carried out by Eitan Stiva in the sky mission. Out of 31 missions approved. Second review in the series
Eitan Stiva prepares for his flight to the International Space Station at the SpaceX facilities. Photography: Uri Borg.

Space mission experiments part 1: conducting remote tests and the effect of staying in space on the immune system

Review of scientific experiments and technological demonstrations that will be carried out by Eitan Stiva in the sky mission. Out of 31 missions approved. First review in the series
Omri Dinor. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Meet the students who built the world satellites

About 250 students from eight local authorities participated in the construction of eight satellites that were launched into space on Thursday. We spoke with three of them, and realized that they received training in programming and satellites but also in managing complex projects
Satellite launch event, 13/1/22. Photo: Ronen Horesh, CEO

The eight Tavel student satellites were successfully launched and began sending signals

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Orit Farkash HaCohen: The Tevel program promotes the students' scientific and technological knowledge and arouses curiosity and inspiration to engage in the field. It is one of the exciting programs of the Ministry of Science and the Space Agency
SCD's SWIFT sensor will photograph in infrared from space. PR photo

18.5 million NIS to 11 companies that will develop innovative technological products in the field of space

This was confirmed by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology in cooperation with the Innovation Authority
TauSat 3 nanosatellite and within it the vault experiment of Tel Aviv University. PR photo

An Israeli nanosatellite launched to the International Space Station will serve as a safe to protect electronic equipment in space

The experiment of Tel Aviv University, known as the "vault" is one of the experiments that Eitan Stiva will conduct, in the sky space mission
Prof. Yehezkel Bernholtz, Aina Pharma. PR photo

An Israeli drug to treat cancer took off for testing on the space station

The drug, which was developed in Israel by the Aina Pharma company together with a remotely controlled laboratory of the Israeli Space Pharma, was integrated into a regular supply spaceship of SpaceX. Will be tested in zero gravity conditions in space
Participants of the AX-1 mission, including the Israeli Eitan Stiva (left) training in zero gravity in an airplane that simulates it with the help of loop flights. Photo PR, Axiom.

"Eitan Stiva takes the startup nation into space with him"

A celestial mission (as part of a larger mission - AX-1) is expected to launch on February 21. Ran Levana, CEO of the Ramon Foundation, updates the state of the mission, preparations, experiments and lessons from space in a conversation with the website
Launch of the RAM1 rocket courtesy of Talmud Raphael

Students from the Hebrew University successfully launched an experimental rocket in the south of the country

Last Friday, an experimental rocket was launched from Kibbutz Beit-Nir. This is an unclassified, unique launch, one of the few made in our region
Simulation of oxygen and metal production on the moon. Illustration: Helios

An Israeli-German agreement was signed to produce oxygen on the lunar soil

The OHB spacecraft is being built together with Israel Aerospace Industries based on the experience gained in the Genesis project and is planned to carry out a series of tests and fly unique payloads to the moon for the European Space Agency, companies in Europe
A futuristic lunar colony. Illustration: shutterstock

The Israelis who want to build a computing cloud on the moon

On the occasion of the "Day of the Moon", Prof. Ran Ginosar of the Technion, president of Ramon Space, says in an interview with the science website that the computer of the Genesis spaceship that crashed will have continuations in Genesis 2 as well, but there is interest in the technology for various projects,
The splitting of the spacecraft in Genesis 2 into three parts. Image: SpaceIL

starting from the beginning

In April 2019, the Israeli spacecraft Genesis crashed on the lunar surface. A big disappointment on the side of an impressive achievement. The glorious failure is just a reason to continue: the Genesis 2 project is underway!