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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the TESS satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
April 19, 2018, 4:33 am
SpaceX blasts off NASA’s new spacecraft on quest to find new planets
Tess, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, will scan neighboring stars in an effort to find celestial bodies outside our solar system
By Marcia Dunn
A ballistic missile is seen in what Iran says is an underground base, in an undisclosed location in the country. The base is said to be buried 500 meters below ground. (Screen capture PressTV)
June 1, 2017, 3:49 am
Iran cancels project for sending human into space
High costs of up to $20 billion said to curb Tehran's hopes for manned flight by 2018
By AP
This image made available by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 depicts NASA's Solar Probe Plus spacecraft approaching the sun. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory via AP)
May 31, 2017, 9:09 pm
NASA spacecraft will aim straight for the sun next year
Scorching flight will send probe into sun's atmosphere, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation, to reveal how stars are made
By Agencies
In this NASA provided frame from video, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer works to install antennas at the International Space Station while astronaut Peggy Whitson, not pictured, works on repairs Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (NASA via AP)
May 23, 2017, 5:39 pm
Spacewalking astronauts tackle urgent ISS repairs
NASA scrambles to replace busted relay box vital for solar panels, radiators and robotic equipment
By Marcia Dunn
The planet Mars, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2003 (NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team / STScI/AURA)
December 27, 2016, 10:06 am
China plans to land probes on Mars, dark side of moon
Beijing says it aims to use space for peaceful purposes, guarantee national security, conduct scientific research
By LOUISE WATT
Russian Jewish billionaire investor Yuri Milner and famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking host a press conference to announce Breakthrough Starshot, a new space exploration initiative, at One World Observatory on April 12, 2016 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize Foundation/AFP)
April 12, 2016, 11:31 pm
Billionaire, famed cosmologist unveil plan to reach Alpha Centauri
Light-propelled 'nanocraft' riding laser sails at one-fifth the speed of light may be humanity's first interstellar messengers
By AFP
Sam the cuddly toy dog flies high in the sky after taking off from Morecambe, England Tuesday April 5, 2016 attached to a special camera and a helium balloon. Sending the toy dog into the sky was part of a science project by Morecambe Bay Community Primary School which joined forces with a local hotel . The toy dog reached an altitude of 12 miles above the earth's surface. (Morecambe Bay Community Primary School and English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues via AP)
April 8, 2016, 8:01 pm
Stuffed dog Sam soars to the stars, disappears
High-altitude helium balloon takes cuddly toy higher than any has risen before. Then it bursts...
By AP
Jupiter and the Galilean moons (NASA)
January 7, 2016, 7:43 pm
Israel to squeeze measurement tech into JUICE Jupiter mission
The JUpiter ICy satellite Explorer will carry a key piece of Israeli technology, which may unlock some important secrets
By David Shamah
The HI-SEAS habitat in Hawaii, which will be home to Gifford and five other crew members for the next year. (Courtesy HI-SEAS)
August 28, 2015, 6:55 pm
Meet the Jewish woman getting ready to live on Mars
Sheyna Gifford — doctor, science journalist, astrophysics researcher and space enthusiast — 'launches' today in a NASA-funded geodesic dome on a 365-day simulated mission to the red planet
By Patricia Corrigan
In this photo provided by NASA, New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colo., left, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Director Ralph Semmel, center, and New Horizons Co-Investigator Will Grundy of the Lowell Observatory hold a print of a US stamp with their suggested update since the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto, at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
July 15, 2015, 5:14 am
Pluto up close: Spacecraft achieves flyby, then calls home
Hailed by NASA as 'hallmark in human history,' US becomes first nation to probe all nine planets
By Marcia Dunn
A SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft ready for launch (Photo credit: Courtesy SpaceX)
January 6, 2015, 7:51 pm
SpaceX rocket launch delay resonates in Israel
The next iteration of the Amos satellite is set to be launched this year – on a rocket that has recently been held back twice from launching
By David Shamah
One of the posters entered in the ISU poster contest. (photo credit: Courtesy)
December 26, 2014, 1:45 pm
Wanted: Poster design for top space program
In scientific circles, the arrival of the International Space University in Israel is a big deal, and its hosts want to celebrate the right way
By David Shamah
View of the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet (Photo credit: ESA)
November 12, 2014, 6:40 pm
Historic landing on ill-smelling comet may help discover how planets formed
For 25 years, scientists have dreamed of probing Churyumov-Gerasimenko's fiery celestial body – and Tel Aviv researchers are playing an important role
By David Shamah
This image from video by KABC TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of what is believed to be SpaceShipTwo in Southern California's Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded after taking off on a test flight, a witness said Friday. (photo credit: AP Photo/KABC TV)
October 31, 2014, 10:54 pm
Richard Branson’s spacecraft for tourists explodes on test flight
One pilot killed, another seriously injured as Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo disintegrates, crashes in California desert
By brian melley and Justin Pritchard
An unmanned rocket owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation explodes seconds after launch Tuesday night, October 28, 2014 (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)
October 29, 2014, 2:11 am
Unmanned NASA rocket bound for ISS explodes on liftoff
Commercially operated craft carrying supplies for astronauts crashes in giant fireball seconds after launch; no casualties
By AFP
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