Israeli Space Week 2021 was on January 24-28, which included the 16th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, hosted by The Israeli Space Agency. Some of the most interesting developments discussed at the conference were the efforts to commercialize and privatize space travel. The future of space will hopefully allow for regular citizens to fly to space. During the conference, the need to invest in the local space industry was discussed. One participant said that “with Israeli know-how and human capital and its strength in the defense industry, there is reason to believe that Israel can be a spacetech powerhouse.”

Another exciting project to come from the Israel Space Agency is the mission of a second Israeli astronaut, former fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe, who is planned to take off

to space to take part in a national, historic and scientific mission scheduled for the end of 2021. The first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, had a mission to space 18 years ago. Unfortunately, he died alongside 6 other astronauts when the shuttle broke apart after re-entering Earth in 2003. Stibbe will hopefully carry on Ramon’s legacy in his space mission later this year. The two men were fighter pilots together. In celebration of these new Israeli space developments, let’s take a look back at some of Israel’s space achievements in the past: Israel is the smallest country to have a space program and to have local launch capabilities. The ISA and the Ministry of Science and Technology together founded the National Knowledge Center on

near Earth Objects at Tel Aviv University in order to study bodies in the solar system. The goal is to find dangerous objects in space and to think of ways to eliminate them before they threaten Earth. Joint project between NASA and ISA: The Israel Space Agency – Middle East Interactive Data Archive (ISA-MEIDA) is an Israeli node for NASA‘s EOSDIS (Earth Observing System Data and Information System). The Node was established in October 1996 and it is the only team in the country which focuses on collecting and preserving environmental information in Israel. The ISA-MEIDA was established in order to create and maintain an Earth observing data center available through the Internet to the research community and to the general public free of charge. The Gurwin TechSat was one of the world’s first Microsatellite to be designed, built and launched by students.

The satellite, developed by the Technion, was launched on July 10, 1998. The satellite was a great success, operating for over 11 years – setting a world record for the longest university satellite mission. The mission was completed in April 2010.

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