Israel's national space agency, officially founded in Tel Aviv in July 1983 to coordinate the country's space program. Backed the privately built Beresheet lunar lander, which crash-landed on the Moon on 11 April 2019 after taking two final photographs, a self-portrait against the lunar surface and a close view of the ground below, moments before impact; had it landed safely, Israel would have become the fourth nation to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon.
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Agency TypeNational civilian space agency 1 Founded Year Headquarters Connections
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Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation- Agency Type: National civilian space agency
- Founded Year: 1983
- Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
2. Wikipedia: Israel Space Agency
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Today, Israel is the smallest country with indigenous launch capabilities, as well as the smallest to have a space agency.
Israel Space Agency (Wikipedia) - lead summary
In July 1983, the ISA was officially founded in Tel Aviv to coordinate the nation's space program
Israel Space Agency (Wikipedia) - founding year
In July 1983, the ISA was officially founded in Tel Aviv
Israel Space Agency (Wikipedia) - headquarters
officially founded in Tel Aviv
Israel Space Agency (Wikipedia) - agency type
coordinate the nation's space program
Article text
The Israel Space Agency (ISA; Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית, Sokhnut heKhalal haYisraelit) is a governmental body, a part of Israel's Ministry of Science and Technology, that coordinates all Israeli space research programs with scientific and commercial goals.
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