New project by Israel Space Agency hopes to position country as 'one of the world’s leaders in the space industry'

Space program hopes to establish long-term human presence on moon as a warm-up for future missions to Mars

SpaceX rocket launch marks culmination of three years of work for science-minded students at schools across Israel, who gathered to watch the Florida event from Herzliya

In a collaboration between the Israel Space Agency and the Austrian Space Forum, 6 analog astronauts spent several weeks simulating life on Red Planet and conducting experiments