National Committee for Space Research

National Committee for Space Research
Committee overview
Formed1960
Superseding Committee
HeadquartersJerusalem, Israel
Minister responsible

The National Committee for Space Research (NCSR) was a committee established in 1960 by the Israeli Government in affiliation with the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities[2] to explorer the feasibility of space launches and satellites development, and to formulate the Israel Space Agency.[3] The committee was made of a group of dedicated to the research and development of space-related sciences, and to demonstrate Israeli capabilities to its antagonistic neighbors at the time, especially Egypt.[4]

  1. ^ "iCBBE2012_OrganizingCommittee Information". Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Space Research in Israel 2006/2007" (PDF). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Israel Celebrates Space" (PDF). Israel Space Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ^ Harding, Robert C. (2013). Space policy in developing countries : the search for security and development on the final frontier. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 9780415538459.