Posts Tagged: NASA
State Department Denies Canceling NASA Scientist’s Israel Trip Over Israel Protests
The US State Department has denied canceling a NASA astrophysicist’s trip to Israel for a physics conference on Monday due to unrest in the wake...
A New Phase in US-Israel Relations
Israel was rocked by the news on Thursday that the US State Department had ordered NASA scientist Dr. Amber Straughn to cancel her participation in...
Packing Poetry and Lesson Plans, Israel’s Next Astronaut Gears Up for Record-Breaking Space Mission
Story time from space and zero-gravity history lessons are coming soon to Israeli schoolchildren, as the Jewish state's second-ever astronaut prepares for his trip aboard...
Crew on Board as SpaceX, NASA to Try Again for Landmark Launch of Two Astronauts
The two-man crew entered the capsule that will take them to the International Space Station on Saturday, as Elon Musk's private rocket company SpaceX was...
Jewish Astronaut Jessica Meir Returns to Earth, Must Now Cope With Coronavirus Restrictions
Jewish NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and her colleagues came home to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, the first returning space mission...
Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Complains About Current US Lunar Ability
When President Donald Trump asked Buzz Aldrin, the second man to ever walk on the moon, what he thought about the United States' current ability...
NASA Publishes Photos of Beresheet Lunar Crash Site
NASA has found and photographed the site on the moon where Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft crash-landed in April. ?️ \ \ \ ? New image! ? Our @NASAMoon orbiter captured this visual...
Time and Space: Decade After Fatal Mission, Film Covers Israeli Astronaut’s Legacy
Dan Cohen describes Ilan Ramon, the first and only Israeli astronaut, as "a man used to rising to the occasion." On Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.,...
