Genesis

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
Maurice Kahn, second from the left: Presenting the model of the Genesis spacecraft to the Netanyahus, during the landing (and crash) event of the Genesis spacecraft, April 2019. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Maurice Kahn has passed away: The man who financed “Genesis” and pushed Israel to the moon * established a station for marine research

Kahn, a co-founder of Amdocs, was a key player in the SpaceIL project and Israel Aerospace Industries; the spacecraft reached lunar orbit in 2019 but crashed during a landing attempt, leaving an educational and infrastructural “effect”
The mythological Irish Leprechaun in a painting from the beginning of the 20th century. From Wikipedia

Why creationism is not science