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March 19, 2025, 9:52 am
NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stranded in space
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, along with another American and a Russian, plop down into water off coast of Florida, ending saga that captured world attention and sympathy
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Issam Ahmed
October 13, 2024, 6:42 pm
In milestone achievement, SpaceX ‘catches’ megarocket booster after test flight
Elon Musk hails success as ‘science fiction without the fiction part,’ after firm’s years of chasing rapid reusability; NASA seeks to use altered Starship for manned Moon landing
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September 15, 2024, 2:43 pm
Jewish tech billionaire back to Earth after first private spacewalk
SpaceX’s capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico carrying entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, the 264th person to walk in space
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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
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Marcia Dunn
December 11, 2022, 11:01 pm
NASA’s Orion returns from lunar flyby, 50 years to the day since last moon landing
Spacecraft splashes down off coast of California, paving the way for live astronauts on the next flyby; capsule carries test dummy wearing Israeli radiation tech
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December 11, 2022, 11:54 am
With UAE-made rover, Japan firm launches country’s 1st mission to put lander on moon
Module set to touch down on moon’s visible side in April 2023; payload includes Gulf country’s 22-pound ‘Rashid’ which if successful would be Arab world’s first lunar mission
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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
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Nathan Jeffay
September 3, 2022, 6:11 pm
NASA calls off 2nd attempt to launch Artemis moon rocket after further fuel leak
Engineers had scrambled to fix malfunctions, but launch for lunar orbit with dummies scrapped after 3-4 hours; test flight is part of project that could see humans on moon in 2025
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Marcia Dunn
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
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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
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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’
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April 19, 2022, 6:13 pm
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe’s return to Earth delayed yet again due to weather
Businessman and former fighter pilot spent his extra time aboard the International Space Station doing a reading of the Hebrew children’s book ‘Beautiful World’
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April 8, 2022, 7:40 pm
2nd Israeli in space: Eytan Stibbe blasts off to perform experiments on ISS
Stibbe heads to orbiting lab in private charter flight with two other businessmen in hopes of gaining insights into health conditions, agriculture, optics, energy
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April 8, 2022, 11:16 am
2nd Israeli to blast off to space, will perform experiments seeking health advances
Eytan Stibbe boldly goes where no Israeli has gone before — the ISS — amid hopes of gaining insights into range of conditions, including immune problems and Alzheimer’s
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Nathan Jeffay
January 24, 2022, 4:32 pm
Israeli astrobiologist: New Mars ancient life findings ‘important’ but incomplete
Dr. Reut Sorek Abramovich says NASA discovery of signs of carbon in Red Planet rock samples requires ‘thorough research in the field,’ preferably by manned mission
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