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NASA to Launch Israel’s First Space Telescope in 2026
By Pesach Benson • 21 February, 2023
Jerusalem, 21 February, 2023 (TPS) -- Israel’s first space telescope, ULTRASAT, will be launched by NASA into high Earth orbit...
Asteroid Hurtling Towards Earth Will Come Terrifyingly Close Thursday Night
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest such encounters ever recorded.
NASA insists...
Soccer field-sized asteroid to pass Earth Thursday – NASA
Asteroid 2019 XS measures around 100 meters, just a bit smaller than a soccer field, per FIFA's regulations. But unlike the soccer balls in...
Fuel Leak Ruins Nasa’s 2nd Shot At Launching Moon Rocket
NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule...
EXPLAINER: NASA Tests New Moon Rocket, 50 Years After Apollo
Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on...
NASA: Contact lost with spacecraft on way to test moon orbit
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA said Tuesday it has lost contact with a $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided...
Russia Plans to Quit International Space Station Over Sanctions
By Sandy Fitzgerald
Moscow plans to quit its participation in the International Space Station over sanctions that have been placed on Russian entities over the...
Israel, NASA set to cooperate on space programs centered around Mars,...
Through the Artemis Accords, “NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon, heralding a new era for...
NASA to chase asteroid with small solar sail probe in Artemis...
The NEA Scout will also be a technological demonstration of solar sails, which use sunlight as a means of propulsion.
By AARON REICH JANUARY 23, 2022
NASA's...
“City killer” asteroid just missed Earth – and scientists had no...
UPDATED ON: JULY 27, 2019 / 11:19 AM / CBS NEWS
Scientists revealed an asteroid dubbed by some as a "city killer" came closer to the...