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Prof. Avi Loeb in his Harvard office. His computer wallpaper features a photo of Proxima Centauri, the closest known star to our Sun. (Rich Tenorio/Times of Israel)
July 19, 2019, 8:57 pm
Israeli Harvard astronomer has an inalienable gravitation to interstellar study
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Prof. Avi Loeb defiantly holds out hope that humanity will encounter other forms of life in the universe
By Rich Tenorio
In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)
July 14, 2019, 8:12 am
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
On July 20, 1969, the world came to a standstill as millions tuned in to watch Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon
By Marcia Dunn
'The Little Spacecraft, a joint project of SpaceIL and science education company StellarNova, offers the basics about space travel (Courtesy StellarNova)
January 1, 2019, 7:29 pm
New Israeli book teaches kids about space travel
SpaceIL, behind upcoming moon mission, and science education company Stellar Nova team up to educate children in both Hebrew and English
By Jessica Steinberg
Rona Ramon, left, and her daughter Noa, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on January 15, 2003, a day before the launch of the space shuttle Columbia. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
December 17, 2018, 7:24 pm
Rona Ramon, widow of astronaut killed in Columbia shuttle disaster, dies at 54
Politicians mourn ‘inspirational’ woman, who turned to grief counseling and education when her tragedy was compounded with the death of her son — an IDF pilot — in 2009
By Michael Bachner
An Emirati visits the Space Museum during the launch of the UAE Space Agency strategic plan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
September 3, 2018, 8:07 pm
UAE announces first astronauts to go to space
Dubai’s ruler promises to invest $5.4 billion on space program, including Mars exploration probe
By AFP
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the TESS satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
April 19, 2018, 4:33 am
SpaceX blasts off NASA’s new spacecraft on quest to find new planets
Tess, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, will scan neighboring stars in an effort to find celestial bodies outside our solar system
By Marcia Dunn
A ballistic missile is seen in what Iran says is an underground base, in an undisclosed location in the country. The base is said to be buried 500 meters below ground. (Screen capture PressTV)
June 1, 2017, 3:49 am
Iran cancels project for sending human into space
High costs of up to $20 billion said to curb Tehran’s hopes for manned flight by 2018
By AP
This image made available by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 depicts NASA's Solar Probe Plus spacecraft approaching the sun. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory via AP)
May 31, 2017, 9:09 pm
NASA spacecraft will aim straight for the sun next year
Scorching flight will send probe into sun’s atmosphere, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation, to reveal how stars are made
By Agencies
In this NASA provided frame from video, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer works to install antennas at the International Space Station while astronaut Peggy Whitson, not pictured, works on repairs Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (NASA via AP)
May 23, 2017, 5:39 pm
Spacewalking astronauts tackle urgent ISS repairs
NASA scrambles to replace busted relay box vital for solar panels, radiators and robotic equipment
By Marcia Dunn
The planet Mars, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2003 (NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team / STScI/AURA)
December 27, 2016, 10:06 am
China plans to land probes on Mars, dark side of moon
Beijing says it aims to use space for peaceful purposes, guarantee national security, conduct scientific research
By LOUISE WATT
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)
April 12, 2016, 11:31 pm
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
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)
April 8, 2016, 8:01 pm
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
Jupiter and the Galilean moons (NASA)
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
The HI-SEAS habitat in Hawaii, which will be home to Gifford and five other crew members for the next year. (Courtesy HI-SEAS)
August 28, 2015, 6:55 pm
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
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)
July 15, 2015, 5:14 am
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
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