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ARC Space Lab on the Rakia Mission (Courtesy/Eytan Stibbe)
July 31, 2025, 2:18 pm
Israeli experiment on bacteria heads to International Space Station
Sheba Medical Center launches experiment to explore how outer space affects virulence and antibiotic resistance, providing insights into astronaut health and infectious diseases
By Diana Bletter
This image provided by Firefly Aerospace on Feb. 26, 2025 shows Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander orbiting the moon. (Firefly Aerospace via AP)
March 2, 2025, 12:10 pm
Another small step: Private outfit successfully puts lander on moon, a first
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander touches down on lunar surface to carry out experiments for NASA; more landers from other companies expected in coming weeks
By Marcia Dunn
An amateur astronomer prepares her telescope a day before a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
April 8, 2024, 8:51 am
Huge crowds await total solar eclipse in North America, but clouds may spoil view
The best weather is expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont and Maine; It will be another 21 years before the US sees another total solar eclipse on this scale
By Marcia Dunn
SpaceX's mega-rocket Starship cuts through clouds and haze on its third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, March 14, 2024. (Eric Gay/AP)
March 14, 2024, 9:17 pm
SpaceX nearly completes test flight of mega rocket, loses spacecraft near end
Company says contact lost with Starship as it neared Indian Ocean after taking off from Texas, but scientists satisfied with progress
By Marcia Dunn
File - Chilean air force female personnel walk by a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft during the XIX Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) in Santiago on March 29, 2016. (Martin Bernetti/AFP)
March 6, 2024, 8:39 am
Chile cancels Israeli participation in Latin America’s largest aerospace fair
No official reason given for decision; left-wing government of PM Gabriel Boric has been critical of ‘disproportionate’ response to October 7 Hamas onslaught
By AFP and ToI Staff
Takeshi Hakamada, center, founder and CEO of ispace, and his team staff gather for photo session after livestream of HAKUTO-R private lunar exploration program on screen at the lunar landing event Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
April 26, 2023, 9:24 am
‘High probability’ lander crashed on moon, Japanese space company says
More than 6 hours after losing communication, ispace speculates its spacecraft suffered same fate as Israel’s failed Beresheet landing in 2019
By Marcia Dunn
An artist's rendering of how plants may look growing in space. (NiseriN via iStock by Getty Images)
October 20, 2022, 4:03 pm
Israel, nation that made desert bloom, now aims to grow plants on the moon
Hoping to pave way for self-sustaining lunar bases, institute that helps turn Negev and other arid areas fertile preparing to blast mini-greenhouse of seeds and plants into space
By Nathan Jeffay
In this photo provided by Blue Origin, from left to right: Mark Bezos, brother of Jeff Bezos; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin; Oliver Daemen, of the Netherlands; and Wally Funk, aviation pioneer from Texas, pose for a photo. (Blue Origin via AP)
July 20, 2021, 3:41 pm
Bezos set to take off for space on his company’s first manned flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will blast off with eclectic group of passengers on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing
By Marcia Dunn
Jeff Bezos speaks at an event unveiling Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington, May 9, 2019. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
June 7, 2021, 3:48 pm
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos heading to outer space — for 4 minutes
Billionaire businessman and his brother are slated to board a rocket for a brief journey to space on July 20
By AFP
An illustration of IAI's SatGuard’s simulation (Courtesy)
May 25, 2021, 2:23 pm
IAI unveils system to extend satellite life span by flagging and fixing mishaps
SatGuard uses AI, big data and machine learning technologies to analyze satellites’ operations and fix anomalies; tech stems from IAI Innovation Center accelerator program
By Shoshanna Solomon
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