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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

ISS International Space Station

A dreidel spins in zero gravity in front of a makeshift menorah aboard the International Space Station in a video shared by NASA Astronaut Jasmine Moghbeli on December 8, 2023. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 10, 2023, 6:20 pm
Astronaut celebrates Hanukkah with zero-gravity dreidel spin
Jasmin Moghbeli finds creative way to mark the Jewish Festival of Lights while aboard the International Space Station
By ToI Staff
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin landed in Kazakhstan on September 27, 2023. (Bill Ingalls/NASA)
September 28, 2023, 7:42 pm
Three astronauts return to Earth after stuck over a year in space
American Frank Rubio sets NASA record, with trio stuck aboard the ISS for 191 days more than intended due to damaged return capsule
By ToI Staff
People walk past a poster with the picture of Saudi Space Commission astronauts Ali Al-Qarni (L) and Rayyanah Barnawi, of the Axiom Mission 2, at a government-organized viewing party in Riyadh on May 21, 2023. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
May 22, 2023, 6:36 pm
Private space mission carrying Saudi astronauts docks at ISS
Arriving aboard SpaceX capsule, scientist and fighter pilot become the first two people from the kingdom at the orbital outpost
By AFP
Saudi Arabian astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi waves to family and friends as she arrives at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a scheduled launch Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP/John Raoux)
May 22, 2023, 6:58 am
Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut blasts off for space station
Saudi stem-cell researcher and fighter pilot, along with US businessman, head to International Space Station on Axiom charter, which flew Israeli Eytan Stibbe on debut trip in 2022
By Marcia Dunn
In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Steve Bowen and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi route power cables to prepare for future power system upgrades outside the International Space Station, on April 28, 2023. (NASA via AP)
April 29, 2023, 3:16 pm
UAE’s ‘Sultan of Space’ becomes 1st Arab astronaut to carry out spacewalk
Sultan Alneyadi steps out of the International Space Station in exercise hailed by Abu Dhabi as a ‘milestone’
By AFP
Illustrative: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
February 14, 2023, 4:58 am
Saudi Arabia to send its 1st woman into space as kingdom seeks to revamp image
Rayyana Barnawi to fly to International Space Station Station on SpaceX rocket for 10-day mission as Riyadh looks to diversify economy, shake off ultra-conservative reputation
By AFP
An image of Tel Aviv's city lights at night taken from the International Space Station by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. (Samantha Cristoforetti/ISS via Twitter)
October 2, 2022, 12:44 am
Space station commander snaps nighttime photos of Israeli city lights
Italian astronaut sends warm ‘shalom’ to Jewish state alongside images of Tel Aviv, Haifa, Dead Sea taken aboard orbiting installation
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with Soyuz MS-22 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sept. 21, 2022. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)
September 21, 2022, 9:05 pm
American, Russians blast off together for space station, despite Ukraine tensions
US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts head for orbiting international facility after launch from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome
By AFP
An illustration of the Orion aircraft carrying two female-form human mannequins, one wearing the AstroRad protection suit by Israeli company Stemrad. (NASA/DLR)
August 8, 2022, 6:09 pm
Israel’s StemRad gears up for major demo of anti-radiation suit on NASA’s Artemis I
Company to test protective qualities of AstroRad vest on humanoid mannequin aboard Orion spacecraft, set for launch later this month
By Ricky Ben-David
In this Dec. 6, 2021, file photo provided by NASA, the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above the Tyrrhenian Sea with the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module and the Prichal module, still attached to the Progress delivery craft, docked to the Nauka multipurpose module. (NASA via AP, File)
July 27, 2022, 1:42 am
US regrets ‘surprise’ Russia exit from International Space Station
State Department says Moscow’s announced departure after 2024 an ‘unfortunate development’; space exploration one of few areas where cooperation had remained unaffected by tensions
By AFP
The International Space Station. (Courtesy NASA)
July 26, 2022, 4:23 pm
Moscow’s new space chief: Russia to leave International Space Station ‘after 2024’
Russia and the US have worked side by side on the ISS, which has been in orbit since 1998, but tensions have risen since the invasion of Ukraine
By AFP
Eytan Stibbe egresses from the Dragon space capsule after returning to Earth with the Axiom-1 mission from the International Space Station, April 25, 2022. (Screenshot Axiom Space Twitter)
April 25, 2022, 11:01 pm
Israeli astronaut Stibbe returns safely to Earth after mission to space station
Members of first all-private mission to ISS splashdown off the Florida coast; Israeli president congratulates Eytan Stibbe on his journey
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Ax-1 crew, including Israeli Eytan Stibbe, sit in the Dragon capsule ahead of their return to Earth from the International Space Station on April 24, 2022 (Screencapture/Axiom Space)
April 25, 2022, 4:29 am
After several days of delays, second Israeli in space begins journey back to Earth
Eytan Stibbe and the crew of Axiom-1 had originally been set to return on Wednesday, are now expected to splash down off the coast of Florida on Monday
By ToI Staff and AFP
Eytan Stibbe pictured by SpaceX before the April 8 launch of the Dragon spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (SpaceX)
April 23, 2022, 10:09 pm
Israeli astronaut sees another delay in return to Earth; is now set to land Monday
Weather conditions force yet another postponement of crew capsule’s return; Eytan Stibbe had originally been set to return on Wednesday
By ToI Staff
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe speaks to the Ynet news site from the International Space Station, on April 12, 2022. (Screen capture/Ynet)
April 21, 2022, 1:24 pm
Israeli astronaut’s return to Earth rescheduled for Sunday after weather delays
Company behind Axiom-1 mission says new departure time for Eytan Stibbe and rest of crew ‘chosen based on the best weather for splashdown’
By ToI Staff
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