Tag: Space
NASA names two asteroids after Israeli student who discovered them
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is naming two recently discovered asteroids after an Israeli student who found them during an asteroid-hunting project, it was announced on Friday.
Aseel Nama, a biomedical engineering student at the...
First female astronaut joins UAE space program
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...
Radio emissions from galaxy challenge black hole theories, say Israeli scientists
Israeli scientists said in research published on Monday that they intercepted radio emissions that may challenge the assumptions of how black holes behave.
As part of the research, which was published by the peer-reviewed journal Nature Astronomy, physicist Assaf Horesh of...
Israeli nanosatellite hitches ride on NASA rocket to International Space Station
A nanosatellite from Tel Aviv University will begin its travel to the International Space Station when it is launched from Wallops Island, Va., on a NASA resupply spacecraft on Saturday.
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, which is approximately...
Israel launches second space program to put a lander on the moon
Israel on Wednesday launched its “Beresheet 2” project, the country’s second lunar mission. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted the ceremony, which was joined online by schoolchildren, students and volunteers from six space centers around...
An insider’s look at Israel’s next satellite: A ‘smartphone in space’
Work is on track to develop and build Israel’s next-generation communications satellite, ensuring that Israel will retain its independence in the critical domain of space-based communications, executives from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is...
Tel Aviv University develops, builds and plans to launch small satellite into orbit
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite is currently undergoing pre-flight testing at the Japanese space agency JAXA prior to a planned launch by NASA in the first quarter of 2021.
About the size of a shoebox, it was...
UN space agency to establish regional support office at Ben-Gurion University
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the creation of a regional support office for UNOOSA’s UN-SPIDER program,...
UAE successfully launches ‘Hope’ mission to Mars
The United Arab Emirates announced the successful launch of its “Hope” mission to Mars on Sunday.
The “Al Amal” (“hope” in Arabic) unmanned probe took off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, and has made contact...
New Israeli spy satellite set to provide powerful intelligence edge over adversaries
The “Ofek 16” spy satellite launched from central Israel at 4 a.m. on Monday morning is due to significantly upgrade Israel’s ability to monitor the dangerous activities of its adversaries throughout the Middle East, foremost among...