In partnership with global AI company NVIDIA, the town of Mitzpe Ramon in Israel’s Negev Desert has launched a new $32 million Space City campus under the leadership of the Israeli company Creation-Space.
The location’s unique desert terrain, which resembles the surfaces of the Moon and Mars, makes it an ideal “field laboratory” for space research.
The Space City campus will include a mission control room for space operations, Mars simulator laboratories, and accelerator programs for both startups and international academic research.
The third cycle of the accelerator program for Israeli space startups is already underway. The mission control room is designed to enable both Israeli and international companies to fully monitor and control space operations at a cost up to 35 % lower than comparable service providers abroad.
Dr. Roy Naor, CEO and co-founder of Creation-Space, said the model for Space City focuses on identifying space challenges with large budgets and building companies that deliver “dual-value solutions” — technologies suitable for both terrestrial markets and future space missions.
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