(Jan. 27, 2025 / JNS)
Israel has reached an agreement with NASA to send the first Israeli woman astronaut into space, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel said on Monday.
The remarks come as Israel is expanding cooperation in space technology with longtime allies such as the U.S., Italy and Azerbaijan, as well as with regional parties to the landmark 2020 Abraham Accords such as the United Arab Emirates.
“I received a confirmation from NASA to send the first Israeli woman astronaut into space,” Gamliel said at the 20th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference in Tel Aviv. “We in Israel have now begun the process of searching for our candidate among our brave women.”
The annual event—named after the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who died in the 2003 Columbia Space…