The moon

From Iron Dome to the final frontier: Hilla Haddad Chmelnik on Israel's defense legacy and the race

Moonshot Space CEO Hilla Haddad Chmelnik wants Israel to become the “FedEx to space” using kinetic launch technology.

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Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, October 9, 2023.
A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on October 31, 2025. A new crew took off for China's Tiangong space station on October 31.

China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

The Shenzhou-23 vessel is scheduled to launch using the Long March-2F Y23 carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, with three Chinese astronauts on board.

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Artemis II astronauts, NASA Commander Reid Wiseman, NASA Pilot Victor Glover, NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, flank U.S. President Donald Trump as he speaks in the Oval Office, Washington, DC, US, April 29, 2026.

Trump welcomes NASA Artemis II astronauts to Oval Office after Moon mission

“I don’t know how they do it. I wouldn’t want to do it, but it takes people like this to make our country great,” Trump stated in reference to the Artemis II crew.

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A handout image taken by the Artemis II crew captures craters dotting the surface of the Moon, revealing its rugged, ancient surface, photographed by the NASA Artemis II crew from the Orion spacecraft during the lunar flyby mission, April 6, 2026.

From Caesarea to the Moon: Inside Israel’s bid to revolutionize space launches

Moonshot Space's immediate goal is to challenge the way giant organization like NASA and SpaceX view space launches and to provide humanity with efficient means to explore space

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Rare hybrid annular-total solar eclipse coming Thursday

The 2023 eclipse season is set to being on April 20th, starting with the rare hybrid solar eclipse.

APRIL 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Annular solar eclipse.

Suicides rise significantly during week of full Moon, according to US study

The word “lunatic” comes from the Latin luna – which means “moon.”

APRIL 9, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A super moon is pictured at the beginning of a total lunar eclipse above Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on September 28, 2015.

Fly me to the Moon: NASA unveils crew of Artemis II lunar flyby mission

The Artemis II mission will also see NASA send the first woman and person of color on a trip out of low Earth orbit as it heads towards the Moon for a lunar flyby.

APRIL 3, 2023ByAARON REICH
The Artemis II crew in an Orion simulator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Glass beads on Moon's surface may contain water - study

Scientists found water inside glass beads formed during impact events.

MARCH 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of the "super Moon" is seen from Veracruz, Mexico, May 5, 2012.

Asteroid the size of 22 tuna fish to fly closer to Earth than the Moon - NASA

Asteroid 2023 DZ2 is set to fly very close to the Earth on Saturday and was initially feared to be on a collision course for Earth in 2026.

MARCH 24, 2023ByAARON REICH
An asteroid is seen heading toward Earth in this illustrative image

NASA mission to Saturn aims to understand the chemistry of life

The Dragonfly mission will start its three year voyage to Titan, Saturn's titanic moon, in the year 2027.

MARCH 20, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
NASA's planned Dragonfly rotorcraft lander approaches a site to explore on Saturn's moon

Rolls-Royce to build nuclear reactor for the Moon with UK funding

The Rolls-Royce micro-nuclear reactor is seen as a promising method of providing a power source for a long-term human presence on the Moon.

MARCH 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Moon, as seen from a distance of 500km

NASA unveils new spacesuit astronauts will wear for Artemis III moon mission

The new design has a different look than the famous puffy white suits worn by moonwalkers of the 20th century. Rather, Axiom's prototype looked black with blue and orange detailing

MARCH 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, in Shanghai, China November 8, 2022.

SpaceIL and the German Aerospace Center launch new agreement

The mission is expected to launch 2025 and will produce data accessible globally

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Sim Dot Space to provide advanced simulation training for Beresheet 2

The laboratory simulates the extreme conditions in space in general and on the moon in particular.

DECEMBER 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A simulation screen that simulates the landing process of a Beresheet 2 lander using Sim Dot Space technology