Space exploration
The author of “Israel in Space” joins a Mosaic editor to talk about what small countries can do in space.
In the shadow of October 7, the story of Israel’s rapidly growing space industry is easily overlooked. But it holds many of the keys for the nation’s future survival.
Voyager 1, 47 years and 15 billion miles on.
Lonely man in space.
“I represent the state of Israel and the Jewish people.”
Making a different barren landscape bloom.
Jews in space!
The seeds are part of a project titled “space hummus,” which aims to test hydroponic techniques for plant growth in zero gravity.
A Bar Kokhba coin.
Ilan Ramon and the book of Enoch.
Despite the predictions of biologists and astronomers, aliens haven’t turned up.
“If the probe had merely succeeded in reaching its correct altitude after launch, dayeinu.”
How Joseph B. Soloveitchik foresaw the loneliness epidemic.
The Sabbath is universal, but the holidays speak to Jewish particularity.