Tag: Space
Trump names Jewish tech entrepreneur to head NASA
President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination on Wednesday of Jewish entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Isaacman is the founder and chief executive of Shift4, a payment processing company, and...
Florida-Israeli space tech partnership awards $2 million to fuel progress
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’
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...
‘Space diplomacy’ builds bridges on Earth
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....
Israel’s Weizmann Institute joins NASA planetary defense exercise
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...
Eytan Stibbe becomes second Israeli in space and first to visit International Space Station
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...
Israel, NASA set to cooperate on space programs centered around Mars, moon
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...
Herzog greets ‘graduates’ of Mars-simulation mission
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...
Israel, UAE sign agreement to partner on mission to moon in 2024
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...
Ancient coin to take to the stars with Israeli astronaut
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...