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Florida-Israeli space tech partnership awards $2 million to fuel progress

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Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority, and the Israel Innovation Authority announced on Tuesday eight companies awarded funding to work jointly in the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program. KBR Wyle Services of Titusville, Fla.,...

Bipartisan Senate bill targets ‘hostile Iranian space activities’

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In 2018, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested that one of those behind a space laser that was causing California fires was the Jewish Rothschild family. She drew widespread ridicule for the social media...
Prof. Teodoro Valente, president of the Italian Space Agency, speaks at the Ilan Ramon International Space Conference in Herzliya, Jan. 31, 2024. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS.

‘Space diplomacy’ builds bridges on Earth

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As far as Professor Teodoro Valente is concerned, there’s no question that collaboration in space exploration builds bridges on Earth. “We are dealing with ‘space diplomacy,'” said Valente, the president of the Italian Space Agency....
Images of asteroid Apophis recorded by radio antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex in California and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The asteroid was 10.6 million miles (17 million kilometers) away, and each pixel has a resolution of 127 feet (38.75 meters). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO.

Israel’s Weizmann Institute joins NASA planetary defense exercise

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Representatives from the Weizmann Institute’s Physics Faculty in Rehovot joined more than 100 astronomers worldwide in a recent NASA planetary defense exercise. As part of the exercise, David Polishook, a member of the faculty and...
The Axiom astronauts are welcomed upon arrival at the International Space Station by Expedition 67 crew members, April 8, 2022. Credit: Axiom Space.

Eytan Stibbe becomes second Israeli in space and first to visit International Space Station

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Businessman Eyan Stibbe on Sunday became the second Israeli to go to space and the first Israeli astronaut to board the International Space Station, after the SpaceX module carrying him and three others successfully...
Credit: NASA.gov.

Israel, NASA set to cooperate on space programs centered around Mars, moon

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Israel and NASA are set to cooperate on the joint study of space, the moon and Mars, according to a report in recent days by EurAsian Times. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said the Jewish state...
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...
NASA released photos of the crash area by SpaceIL's “Beresheet” spacecraft, which failed to land on the moon, April 11, 2019. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.

Israel, UAE sign agreement to partner on mission to moon in 2024

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on Wednesday to cooperate on space exploration—specifically, on the “Beresheet 2” mission to the moon scheduled to launch in 2024. “Beresheet 2” is planning to become...
IAA Director Eli Eskosido, left, presents Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe with a coin dating to the era of the Bar Kochba Revolt. Photo by Yoli Schwartz/IAA.

Ancient coin to take to the stars with Israeli astronaut

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When Eytan Stibbe heads off to the International Space Station at the end of the year, becoming only the second Israeli ever to go into space, he’ll take with him a 1,900-year-old coin recently...
Everix optical filters. Source: Screenshot.

Israel Innovation Authority, Space Florida name winners of joint tech program

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Four innovative programs representing joint ventures between technology companies in Florida and Israel were named as winners of the 2021 Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program. A venture of Space Florida, the Sunshine State’s aerospace development authority, and...