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Astronaut Gene Cernan on the lunar surface, next to an American flag sticking out of the lunar rover, December 2017. The ceremony to announce the American return to the moon took place yesterday, December 11, the day that marked the 45th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the lunar surface, the last manned mission in the Apollo program . Source: NASA / Harrison H. Schmitt.

Trump ordered NASA to return American astronauts to the moon

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HASP High-altitude pseudo satellites, image: European Space Agency

The European Space Agency is developing a hybrid of drones and satellites

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China has released very few details about the space plane it is developing, not even a single simulation or diagram explaining its shape. The above illustration shows a simulation of the Rockwell X-30 space plane, which was canceled in 1993. Source: James Schultz, NASA.

China is developing a multipurpose space plane that will be launched for the first time in 2020

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Jim Bridenstine. Source: United States Congress.

Who is Jim Bridenstine, Trump's nominee for the next NASA administrator?

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Simulation of the Clipper spacecraft. Source: RSC Energia.

Kliper - the spaceship that didn't fly

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The Long March 5 launcher takes off after the launch at the Wenchang Spaceport on Hainan Island in China, yesterday at 14:23 (Israel time). Source: Xinhua.

The launch of the Chinese Long March 5 missile failed

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Trump signs the presidential order last Friday. Photo: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani.

Trump signed an order resurrecting the National Space Council

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NASA's new team of astronauts. Left to right - Zeena Cardiman, Jasmin Hamadi, Johnny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Rob Collin, Kayla Barron, Bob Haynes, Raja Chari , Laurel O'Hara and Jessica Watkins.Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz.

Martian generation? NASA unveils a group of 12 new astronauts

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Simulation of the space plane during the launch. You can see on top of it the upper rocket stage whose function is to bring the launched cargo to the final orbit around the earth, while the plane itself does not enter the orbit but returns to the ground and landed on a landing strip. Source: Boeing rendering.

Meet the "Phantom Express": a space plane that can take off again within 24 hours

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The X-37B space plane, yesterday at the Kennedy Space Center, after returning from a 718-day stay in space. Source: US Air Force courtesy photo.

The secret United States space plane has landed after 718 days in space

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Astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson at the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

NASA streamed live 4K video from space for the first time at the 2017 NAB show

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Mohammed Bazaid Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander (left center) and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of Dubai, at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center Space Center in Dubai. Photo courtesy of the Dubai Ministry of Communications

The UAE launched a national space program; Send astronauts to the International Space Station

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Simulation of the X37B. It should be noted that the simulation was done by NASA in 2003, so it is possible that the current composition of the US Air Force is not the same as depicted in the simulation. Source: NASA.

The US Air Force's mysterious space plane has broken its previous record for staying in space

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Trump signed a law that increases NASA's budget for 2017; He will renew the National Space Council, which will be chaired by Vice President Pence

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A simulation of the "Asteroid Deflection Mission", which is currently in the planning stages without final approval. According to the mission schedule, a space vehicle, transported by an advanced ion engine, will reach a near-Earth asteroid, land on it and grab a rock block with a mass of several tons and move it into orbit around the moon. There, astronauts in the Orion spacecraft will reach the asteroid piece and return samples from it to Earth. The mission combines both the scientific aspect of asteroid research, but is primarily done to prove and realize advanced electric ion propulsion technology that will assist in future Mars probes. Image: NASA.

The sword of cuts in Trump's budget proposal will not significantly harm NASA

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Simulation of the SLS routine. Source: NASA.

NASA wants to launch astronauts already on the first flight of the SLS heavy launch vehicle

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Launch of a PSLV launcher from India, 15/2/17 with 103 satellites on it, two of them Israeli. Photo: Indian Space Agency

Success for the Israeli space industry in launching the two tiny satellites from India

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The process of launching the HOPE spacecraft to Mars and its orbit for the purposes of studying its atmosphere. The launch is planned to take place from Japan in 2020. From the United Arab Emirates Space Agency website

Japan will launch the HOPE spacecraft to Mars in 2020 for the United Arab Emirates

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Said the Commander of the Space Command of the US Air Force General (four stars) John Raymond as part of the twelfth International Space Conference named after Ilan Ramon that took place at the Air Force Base in Herzliya, 30/1/17. Photography: Leon Rosenblum

The goal of the US Space Command is to prevent war in space

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Science Minister Ofir Akunis in the space seat at the Globes business conference, 12/12/16. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Ben Gurion University's BGU SAT satellite and Space Pharma's medical trials satellite will be launched from India in the coming months

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John Glenn climbs into Friendship 7 cabin for his flight in which he was the first American to circle the Earth. Photo: NASA

 John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, has died

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The European Space Agency's ExoMars all-terrain vehicle that should take off to Mars in 2020. Figure: European Space Agency (ESA)

Europe approved a budget of 1.4 billion dollars for the Mars rover and the extension of the International Space Station

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Demonstration of comparing data before and after a forest fire in satellite images, by MUNICH RE. Screenshot

Cooperation between SAP and the European Space Agency in making observations from space accessible

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Donald Trump at an election rally. From Wikishare

Trump wants to cancel the Earth-related programs at NASA but has promised to focus on manned programs

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The launch of the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft on October 17, 2016. Photo Xinhua/Li Gang

Shenzhou 11 is China's longest mission to date, a learning step on the way to a permanent presence in space

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