Tag: International Space Station
Emirati astronaut: From space, Jerusalem looks like ‘flower of all flowers’
Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi’s Twitter feed is full of photos of different parts of the world taken from the International Space Station.
On June 22, Al Neyadi—whose handle states that he is part of...
National Library of Israel gets a celestial space diary
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 astronaut to take ancient coin from Bar Kochba revolt to space
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe has chosen to bring an ancient Jewish coin when he travels to the International Space Station for Israel’s “Rakia” mission early next year, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced.
The 1,900-year-old coin...
Second Israeli astronaut to head to International Space Station
Eytan Stibbe, a former Israeli fighter pilot, will soon become the second astronaut in the country’s history, the Israel Space Agency announced on Monday in a special televised statement from the President’s Residence in...