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Astronaut Ilan Ramon’s Space Diary Arrives at the National Library of Israel

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- The National Library of Israel is proud to announce it has received the space diary of Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, on long-term loan from the Ramon family. On Saturday, February 1, 2003,...
Jewish astronaut Jeff Hoffman presents his archive at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem on March 23, 2023. Credit: National Library of Israel.

National Library of Israel gets a celestial space diary

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It’s a diary of cosmic proportions, which has rubbed shoulders with the stars. The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian owns a flute, which the first astronaut enrolled in an American Indian tribe played...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, with analog astronauts of the AMADEE 20 Mars Simulation, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Nov. 2, 2021. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Herzog greets ‘graduates’ of Mars-simulation mission

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, met on Tuesday at his official residence in Jerusalem with two “graduates” of a three-week Mars-simulation mission, the Government Press Office said in a statement. Praising analog...
Noura Al-Matroushi. Source: MBR Space Centre via Twitter.

First female astronaut joins UAE space program

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The United Arab Emirates is set to train its first female astronaut, UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced on Saturday. Noura Al-Matroushi is to join fellow recruit Mohammed...

December 18, 1934: Boris Volynov, the first Jew in space, was born

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Boris Volynov, the first Jew in space, was born in Irkutsk, Siberia, on this date in 1934. He was chosen in 1960 to be one of the Soviet Union’s first cosmonauts, but the uncovering...
International Space Station. Credit: NASA.gov.

Jewish and Arab astronauts take off for International Space Station

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Jewish and Arab astronauts launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, headed for the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, a Swedish-American-Israeli Jew, took off for space along with Russia’s Oleg Skripochka and the...