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This still image from a NASA livestream shows Crew-12 answering questions during a livestream aboard the International Space Station on February 14, 2026. (HANDOUT / NASA / AFP)
February 15, 2026, 6:12 am
Crew headed by Jewish American Jessica Meir arrives at International Space Station
Team of 4 astronauts replaces crew that was hit by station’s first medical evacuation: ‘Up here, there are no borders and hope is universal’
By AFP
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir talks to her mother on a satellite phone outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she lands with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on April 17, 2020. (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
February 9, 2026, 5:05 am
Jewish astronaut bringing daughter’s stuffed animal to space station
Jessica Meir, 48, says she plans to send photos of herself and toy rabbit to family from International Space Station
By AFP
The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
September 3, 2022, 5:36 am
NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket, most powerful ever, after fixes
Engineers fix fuel leaks and a sensor malfunction that canceled launch on Monday; 332-foot rocket will take off from Florida with no astronauts, go around moon
By Marcia Dunn
Five of the astronauts that will be part of the Atremis missions, from left, Jessica Meir, Joe Acaba, Anne McClain, Matthew Dominick, and Jessica Watkins are introduced by Vice President Mike Pence during the eighth meeting of the National Space Council at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Cape Canaveral , Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
December 10, 2020, 1:12 am
Jewish astronaut among 18 NASA candidates for next moon mission
First woman and next man on moon will come from this elite group made up of 9 men and 9 women; space agency hoping for manned lunar landing in 2024, first since 1972
By Marcia Dunn
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she lands with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020.(NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
June 12, 2020, 1:05 am
Back from space odyssey, astronaut Jessica Meir adapts to Covid-plagued Earth
With 7 months on International Space Station and historic all-female space walks behind her, trailblazing child of Iraqi-born Israeli sets sights on Artemis moon landing project
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this photo made from video footage released by Roscosmos space agency US astronaut Jessica Meir sits in a chair shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-15 space capsule near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, April 17, 2020 (Roscosmos Space Agency via AP)
April 17, 2020, 9:16 am
Jewish astronaut, colleagues return to Earth roiled by coronavirus pandemic
Jessica Meir says it will be difficult to forego embraces with family and friends as she gets to grips with a new culture of physical distancing
By AFP
In this image from video made available by NASA, US astronaut Jessica Meir speaks, accompanied by Andrew Morgan and Chris Cassidy, during a news conference held by the American members of the International Space Station on Friday, April 10, 2020.(NASA via AP)
April 11, 2020, 4:15 pm
Jewish astronaut about to return: Earth still looks stunning, but it has changed
Jessica Meir and colleague Andrew Morgan due to splash back down Friday after months at International Space Station; she says it was ‘surreal’ to watch virus crisis unfold
By Marcia Dunn
In this grab taken from video footage released by Roscosmos Space Agency, the Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with Soyuz MS-16 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, April 9, 2020 (Roscosmos Space Agency via AP)
April 9, 2020, 12:50 pm
US-Russian crew blasts off for International Space Station
Russian space officials have taken extra precautions to protect the team during training and pre-flight preparations as the coronavirus outbreak has swept the world
By AP
International Space Station (ISS) crew member, NASA's US astronaut Jessica Meir waves as she boards the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft before its blasts off for the ISS, on September 25, 2019 at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool/AFP)
April 2, 2020, 11:48 pm
Jewish astronaut in space gives Israelis advice on isolation
Speaking from the International Space Station via the US’s Jerusalem embassy Twitter account, Jessica Meir urges earthlings to look after both their physical and mental health
By ToI Staff
Astronaut Jessica Meir before launching on a mission to the International Space Station. (Sergei Savostyanov/TASS via Getty Images / JTA)
March 18, 2020, 5:15 pm
‘This too shall pass’: Astronaut posts photo of Tel Aviv from space
Jessica Meir looks down from International Space Station on city where her father was raised, as, along with the rest of the world, it battles coronavirus
By Marcy Oster
Photo taken by American Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir from the International Space Station on the first day of Hanukkah, December 22, 2019. (Twitter screen capture)
December 23, 2019, 3:57 pm
NASA astronaut proclaims ‘Happy Hanukkah’ from space
Jessica Meir shows off her holiday cheer with menorah-festooned socks floating 408 kilometers above a cloud-draped Earth
By ToI Staff
Israel as seen from space (Jessica Meir/NASA via Twitter)
November 3, 2019, 11:46 am
Jewish astronaut snaps space pics of Israel, salutes late father
Jessica Meir posts photos of the Middle East and says it’s part of the journey her Iraqi-born dad took, reaching US via Israel, Lebanon, Switzerland and Sweden
By ToI Staff
US astronauts Jessica Meir, left, and Christina Koch, right, pose for a photo in the International Space Station, October 18, 2019. (NASA via AP)
October 22, 2019, 3:52 am
All-female spacewalk duo set sights on Moon
NASA aims to return to Moon by 2024, and has said at least one of the two astronauts who will walk its surface will be a woman
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this photo provided by NASA, astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir exit the International Space Station on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (NASA via AP)
October 18, 2019, 10:30 pm
After historic spacewalk, first all-female team insist it’s just part of the job
During congratulatory call with President Trump, Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir says ‘there have been many others — female spacewalkers — before us’
By Marcia Dunn
International Space Station (ISS) crew member, NASA's US astronaut Jessica Meir waves as she boards the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft before its blasts off for the ISS, on September 25, 2019 at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool/AFP)
October 18, 2019, 3:06 pm
1st female spacewalking team, including Jewish astronaut, makes history
Jessica Meir and Christina Koch step out of International Space Station to fix part of its solar power network
By AP and ToI Staff
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