The former Israeli Air Force pilot will be Israel's second astronaut and the 17th Jew to literally reach the stars.

The revolutionary Israeli technology scans blood vessels in the eye and will be used on the International Space Station.

Israeli company to send its revolutionary battery materials into orbit to find ways to improve battery life for electric cars on Earth.

Israeli company that developed anti-radiation vest for NASA wins funding to manufacture new vests on board the space station out of waste plastic.

'May the memories of Petr Ginz, astronaut Ilan Ramon and the six million victims of the Holocaust always remain in our thoughts,'  said US Astronaut Andrew Feustel in Space. 

The world's first remote space lab, developed by Israel and conducted remotely by researchers on Earth, came on board the International Space Station.