April 12, 2016
11:31 pm

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)

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

April 8, 2016
8:01 pm

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)

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

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

August 28, 2015
6:55 pm

The HI-SEAS habitat in Hawaii, which will be home to Gifford and five other crew members for the next year. (Courtesy HI-SEAS)

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

July 15, 2015
5:14 am

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)

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

January 6, 2015
7:51 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft ready for launch (Photo credit: Courtesy SpaceX)

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

December 26, 2014
1:45 pm

One of the posters entered in the ISU poster contest. (photo credit: Courtesy)

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

November 12, 2014
6:40 pm

View of the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet (Photo credit: ESA)

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

October 31, 2014
10:54 pm

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)

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

October 29, 2014
2:11 am

An unmanned rocket owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation explodes seconds after launch Tuesday night, October 28, 2014 (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)

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

October 2, 2014
4:32 pm

(L to R) Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, head of the Israel Space Agency; Minister of Science Yaakov Peri; NASA Chairman Charles F. Bolden (Photo credit: Ben Kattan)

World beats path to Israel’s door for better space tech

Satellites, communications, and more — Israeli technology for extra-terrestrial exploration is a hit at international event

By David Shamah

June 29, 2014
3:32 am

This image provided by NASA shows the launch of the high-altitude balloon carrying a saucer-shaped vehicle for NASA to test technology that could be used to land on Mars, Saturday, June 28, 2014 in Kauai, Hawaii. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA tests Mars-bound ‘flying saucer’ over Pacific

Technology must be advanced if humanity is to fly beyond low-Earth orbit, says NASA scientist

By Christopher Weber

May 12, 2014
2:29 pm

An early 2013 artist's rendering of the proposed orbit launch for the SpaceIL craft. (Courtesy)

Israeli Lunar XPrize team shoots for the moon

With a dishwasher-sized craft, 3 young men hope to make the Jewish state the fourth ever to land on the lunar surface

By Ben Sales

February 23, 2014
6:01 pm

A model of SpaceIL's lunar landing craft prototype , which an Israeli group proposes to send to the moon (Photo credit: Courtesy)

As countdown looms, Israel’s moon bid already a winner

SpaceIL believes it has a real shot at Google’s $30m. prize, and is hailing the innovation and inspiration fueled by trailblazing project

By David Shamah

February 20, 2014
11:03 pm

A conceptional illustration of a potential Mars colony (photo credit: Courtesy NASA)

No Red Planet for you, Muslims told

United Arab Emirates religious authorities ban participation in interplanetary voyages

By Gavriel Fiske

Topic: space travel

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

Stuffed dog Sam soars to the stars, disappears

High-altitude helium balloon takes cuddly toy higher than any has risen before. Then it bursts…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

World beats path to Israel’s door for better space tech

Satellites, communications, and more — Israeli technology for extra-terrestrial exploration is a hit at international event

NASA tests Mars-bound ‘flying saucer’ over Pacific

Technology must be advanced if humanity is to fly beyond low-Earth orbit, says NASA scientist

Israeli Lunar XPrize team shoots for the moon

With a dishwasher-sized craft, 3 young men hope to make the Jewish state the fourth ever to land on the lunar surface

As countdown looms, Israel’s moon bid already a winner

SpaceIL believes it has a real shot at Google’s $30m. prize, and is hailing the innovation and inspiration fueled by trailblazing project

No Red Planet for you, Muslims told

United Arab Emirates religious authorities ban participation in interplanetary voyages

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