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Remembering the Battle of the Bulge and honoring my Israel and UAE plan to fly to the Moon together

father’s WWII military victory at Israel’s Ammunition Hill In the first international agreement for SpaceIL, the Beresheet 2 mission

is to be a joint Israeli-Emirates project.

By Abigail Klein Leichman, October 21, 2021, ISRAEL21c
hen Israel and the United “This is the first scientific-technologi- through collaborations with peace- Philanthropist and SpaceIL Chair-
Arab Emirates signed the cal project to create a common history loving and space-seeking countries,” man Morris Kahn, who led the Spa-
Whistoric Abraham Accords for the two peoples: the flags of Isra- said SpaceIL CEO Shimon Sarid at the ceIL delegation to Dubai, said, “Over
last year to foster binational collabo- el and the Emirates on the Moon. It is signing ceremony. the past few months, we have forged
rations, it seemed that the sky was the about creating a model for cooperation
limit. between the two peoples in many as-
Now, even the sky is no limit. The pects – technological, scientific and
newest of many projects blossoming educational – which will deepen the
between these Middle East allies will connection between the countries and
send three unmanned spacecrafts to the serve as inspiration for further cooper-
Moon. ation between Israel and all Arab coun-
The Beresheet 2 mission, sched- tries.”
uled for 2024, follows Israel’s solo at- Beresheet 2, consisting of two lu-
tempt to reach the Moon in April 2019, nar landers and a lunar orbiter, could
which ended in a crash landing. break several records in outer-space
Leaders of the privately funded history. Among them would be a dou-
Beresheet mission initiator, SpaceIL, ble landing on the Moon in one mis-
signed an agreement in Dubai this sion; and launching the smallest-ever
spacecraft (each lander is to
weigh 265 pounds/120 kilo- Illustration of the Beresheet 2 Moon mission (image courtesy of SpaceIL)
grams with a full fuel tank). “We are pleased to cooperate with a strong relationship with senior UAE
The orbiter is planned the United Arab Emirates Space Agen- officials who seek to establish a deep
for a long-term mission of cy, hand in hand with the [Israeli] Min- relationship based on shared values of
about five years and will be istry of Science and the Israel Space education, technology and inspiration
a platform for scientific ed- Agency.” for the younger generations of the two
ucational activities through To celebrate the collaboration, peoples. We are proud to be the first
remote connection, allow- children from the Jewish community project to pave the way for further his-
ing students from Israel and in Dubai and a preschool in Ramat Gan toric moves.”
other countries to partici- drew space pictures, some of which Abigail Klein Leichman is a writer and
SpaceIL Chairman Morris Kahn, UAE Space Agency and Council
of Scientists Chairwoman Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, pate in scientific research in may travel aboard Beresheet 2. associate editor at ISRAEL21c. Prior
SpaceIL CEO Shimon Sarid (photo courtesy of SpaceIL) deep space. The agreement also stipulates that to moving to Israel in 2007, she was
week in which Israel and the UAE will “SpaceIL has committed itself to the two nations will work jointly on a specialty writer and copy editor at
work together on several space-related promoting science and science educa- research based on data from the Is- a major daily newspaper in New Jer-
projects including the $100 million tion at the regional and global levels, raeli-French satellite Venus, and that sey and has freelanced for a variety
Beresheet 2 mission. while also contributing to the process- Emirati and Israeli students will build of newspapers and periodicals since
es of normalization and regional peace
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