The International Space Station

US President Donald Trump is firing all scientists without realizing what damage he is causing. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via IDEOGRAM.AI

Europe can serve as a haven for American researchers, says European Research Council (ERC) president

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Sonny Williams smiles for the camera in the middle of maintenance work on the Kivu Laboratory Module of the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

Goodbye Starliner, Hello Soyuz: The International Space Station's busy week

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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams became full crew members on the International Space Station
Night landing in the desert for the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, 7/9/2024

Starliner spacecraft lands safely unmanned after 3-month mission with multiple technical issues

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The malfunctions experienced by the Starliner during the launch led to NASA choosing not to return the crew via Starliner, and instead the astronauts will be returned in February 2025 via SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. In fact they will be used
The Starliner spacecraft is attached to the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

NASA has decided to return the astronauts stuck in the SpaceX spacecraft; the Starliner will return to space unmanned

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which flew NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams on a manned test flight to the International Space Station, is seen docked at the front dock of the Harmony Module. The image was taken from the window of SpaceX's Dragon Endeavor spacecraft docked in the port adjacent to the Starliner. Credit: NASA A

Is the Starliner spacecraft stuck in space? NASA answers frequently asked questions about the status of the astronauts' return

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NASA is expected to make a decision by the end of August when and how to return the two astronauts stuck on the space station
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore upon their arrival at the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Difficulty sleeping and the mismatch between Boeing's spacesuits and SpaceX's. The astronauts are still lost in space

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NASA faces dilemmas over return of astronauts stranded in space following malfunctions in Boeing's Starliner mission
Testing one of the engine components of the Starliner spacecraft on the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Is the task possible? NASA and Boeing are moving forward with assessments for the Starliner flight test back to Earth

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Boeing performed a hot ignition of 27 engines on the Starliner. Photo: NASA

Boeing performs critical Starliner engine test as NASA plans astronaut return

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Simulation of the USDV spacecraft that SpaceX will develop for NASA for the purpose of deorbiting the International Space Station in 2030. PR photo, SPACEX

NASA awards SpaceX an $843 million contract to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030

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"NASA will take ownership after development and operate it throughout its mission," according to the statement. "Along with the space station, it is expected to be dismantled as part of the re-entry process." SpaceX's International Space Station descent vehicle
Starliner mission commander Butch Williams and astronaut Sunita Williams on the International Space Station, July 10, 2024. Photo: NASA Television

The astronauts who arrived on the Starliner spacecraft may remain on the space station until August

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Last week, the spacecraft commander performed a manual flight test to test the Starliner's performance, and it performed well without part of the thrusters. At the same time, Boeing is conducting experiments on identical propellers, to try to locate the
The Starliner spacecraft in a photo of the Boeing crew test flight docked to the forward port of the Harmony module as the International Space Station orbited 423 km above the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: NASA

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is stuck on the space station

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NASA and Boeing engineers continue to examine the helium leak from the spacecraft's engines and now the planned landing date of the Starliner is June 26. The extended crew has enough food, water and other supplies and there are no emergencies
An astronaut exercises in space to keep fit and healthy. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Will astronauts' kidneys survive a round trip to Mars?

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The results showed that both human and animal kidneys undergo "remodeling" by the conditions in space, with specific renal tubules responsible for calibrating calcium and salt balance showing signs of shrinkage after less than a month
The seven members of the Expedition 71 crew pose together with the two test flight crew members for a team photo at the space station. Front from left, Sonny Williams, Oleg Kononenko, and Butch Wilmore. Second row from left, Alexander Grabenkin, Tracy S. Dyson, and Mike Barratt. In the last row, Nikolai Chub, Janet Epps, and Matthew Dominick. Credit: NASA TV

Helium leaks and engine failures: the big drama of the Starliner docking at the space station

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As the Starliner began its approach to the space station, five engines of the reaction control system failed during the flight. The mission teams performed a series of warm-up tests that restarted four of the engines while the crew navigated the
Launch of Boeing's manned spacecraft, June 5, 2024. Public relations photo

Boeing's Starliner manned spacecraft took off for the first time to the International Space Station

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It is expected to arrive at the space station tomorrow, 6/6. On board the Starliner are veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sonny Williams. Both astronauts are former US Navy test pilots and together have
The actress Ariana de Bos in the movie ISS (from the promo released by the Bleecker Street company)

The International Space Station: how NASA plans to destroy it - and the dangers involved in the film and in reality

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On 19/1/2024, a movie titled ISS was released in the US, which describes an international incident that takes place on the space station following an inter- bloc war. In reality, the astronauts and cosmonauts work together despite the conflict between Russia and the West, but a storm
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Airbus unveiled a concept for a space station with artificial gravity

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Airbus offers a "multi-purpose route module" known as the Airbus LOOP. The station includes three decks - and for the first time in the journeys of the human race outside the atmosphere and gravity of the Earth - also a centrifuge that will create gravity for
Welcoming the sixth joint NASA and SpaceX crew by the rest of the 68th crew of the International Space Station, February 3, 2023. Photo: NASA

Team 6 arrived at the space station in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, with astronaut Emiri on board. Will stay in space for 6 months

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The Zvezda module, at the bottom left of this image, is one of six Russian segments of the International Space Station and houses the engines used to keep the station in orbit. Photo: NASA

Russia's withdrawal from the space station could lead to its early destruction and the severing of another Russian connection with the West

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Yuri Borisov, the new head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said in a meeting with Vladimir Putin on July 26, 2022 that future efforts will focus on a new Russian space station.
NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Kjell Lindgren greet "Rosie the Rocketeer" inside the Boeing Starliner spacecraft shortly after opening its hatch.

After many delays - an experiment, so far unmanned for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft

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The spacecraft, which was launched on May 19, 2022, is now attached to the International Space Station. It is "manned" with a dummy whose purpose is to maintain the spacecraft's center of gravity to simulate a manned flight
The International Space Station. Photo: depositphotos.com

The Russian space agency intends to leave the International Space Station

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However, no official announcement has yet been made, and even then, the Russians are obliged to give a year's notice in advance
Eitan Stiva in the Coppola Observation Module on the International Space Station

The landing of AX-1 and Ethan Stiva: The Dragon is on its way to land around 20:00

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Monday night there will be two broadcasts at 01:30 from the transmitter of the departure from the space station to the Dragon spacecraft, 03:30 the disconnection of the Dragon. The article also includes videos taken during the mission
From right to left, Shlomi Ben Avraham, Yael Hellman and Mika Ben Ari - students of the Herzliya Science Center who spoke on amateur radios with Eitan Stiva at the International Space Station. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The students overcame the problem and the question and answer event with Eitan Stiva took place

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Last Thursday, 14/4/2022, an event was held at the Herzliya Science Center in which students from several schools in Israel spoke with the Israeli Eitan Stiva during his stay on the International Space Station
Eitan Stiva performs the Israeli CRISPR experiment on the International Space Station. From NASA TV

The videos of the experiments conducted by Eitan Stiva as filmed inside the space station * The landing was postponed

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Today, Tuesday 19/4/2022 at four o'clock in the afternoon Israel time, Eitan Stiva and his three companions will enter the private space mission AX-1. They are supposed to land tomorrow, Wednesday at 15:17 Israel time
Eitan Stiva and Mark Pathy, also from the Ax-1 team, swam with the students of the Space-Startup program, an educational program for XNUMXth-XNUMXth graders and students from Canada, which uses the world of space alongside practices from the world of entrepreneurship

Summary of Eitan Stiva's experiments at the space station April 14-16, 2022

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With a short break for Seder Pesach, Eitan Stiva was busy all weekend with the Israeli experiments
The welcoming ceremony for the AX-1 crew members upon their arrival at the International Space Station on Saturday. Photo: Axiom Company

Day three of a celestial mission on the space station: Stiva completed the first part of the CRISPR experiment

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Throughout the day, Eitan Stiva performs a variety of scientific experiments from the International Space Station, in the field of remote medicine.
Soyuz launcher on the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Russia voluntarily disengages from the space programs, including the private ones

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The Russian space agency Roscosmos then dropped the launch from a launcher carrying satellites for the ONEWEB project as a continuation of punitive measures against the West in the field of space
A Soyuz spacecraft is approaching the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The head of the Russian space agency threatens: we will stop providing stabilization services to the International Space Station "from our side it will fall on the USA or Europe"

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Director of Roscosmos Dimitri Rogozin referred to the DMS-R facility used to navigate the station, although it was designed by the European Space Agency and integrated into the Russian component of the Zavezda space station * as well as the Progress cargo spacecraft
Prof. Yehezkel Bernholtz, Aina Pharma. PR photo

An Israeli drug to treat cancer took off for testing on the space station

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The drug, which was developed in Israel by the Aina Pharma company together with a remotely controlled laboratory of the Israeli Space Pharma, was integrated into a regular supply spaceship of SpaceX. Will be tested in zero gravity conditions in space
The space station was photographed from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor during the spacecraft's exit from it for its return to Earth on November 8, 2021. Credit: NASA's Johnson Center

The space station had to change course again to avoid space debris

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The bone in question was a piece of debris created during the breakdown of bone 23106 (Pegasus R/B). This is the upper stage of a Pegasus type launcher, which was launched on May 19, 1994 and broke up on June 3, 1996
space debris Illustration: depositphotos.com

Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon test in which a downed satellite exploded and the resulting debris threatens the international and Chinese space stations

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Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon experiment in which an old Russian satellite exploded without prior warning to those responsible for the space sector in the Western armies, the Cosmos 1408 satellite was launched back in 1982 during the Soviet Union
Final checks in the clean room. The nanosatellite TAU SAT1. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite was successfully released from the International Space Station into orbit

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The satellite was received strongly and clearly by 4 ground stations in Israel connected by a network between them: at Tel Aviv University, at the Science Center in Herzliya, at the Negev Gate and in Biruchem. In the coming days, it will be rerouted to its fixed orbit
Final checks in the clean room. The nanosatellite TAU SAT1. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

The first scientific nanosatellite designed and built at Tel Aviv University will be launched into space tomorrow night

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The satellite will be launched packed inside a Northrop Grumman Cygnus model supply spacecraft. Northrop Grumman's Cygnus will be launched on Saturday, 19:36 Israel time, then the launch will be at the Atlantic Regional Space Center
The event announcing the second Israeli in space at Beit Hanasi, 16/11/2020. Photo: Mark Neiman, CEO

The second Israeli on the way to space announced President Rivlin, the Ramon Foundation and the Ministry of Science

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Eitan Stiva, a former fighter pilot, is expected to take off at the end of 2021 in the Crew Dragon spacecraft as a space tourist for about five days.
Photo: The test site for the exposure of bacteria to space on the outside of the Japanese Kibo module on the International Space Station. The experiment tested between 2015 and 2018 how many years bacteria can survive in space. Photo: JAXA / NASA

Bacteria can survive a journey from Earth to Mars

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A Japanese experiment on the space station looked at how bacteria can survive in space conditions and transfer life from one planet to another.
Bob Benken and Doug Hurley walk the connecting arm to the launch tower. If their suits remind you of a Hollywood movie, it's no accident. Credit: NASA

Expected history today: two astronauts will be launched in a private spacecraft to the space station (live and continuous broadcast)

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Right to left: Chris Cassidy, Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan. Photo: NASA

Watch: The 63rd crew took off to the space station * "The whole world joins the isolation on the station"

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The Israeli Stemmed radiation protection suit is on display at the International Space Station. Photo: Astronaut Jessica Meyer, NASA

The Israeli Stemmed radiation suit was unveiled on the International Space Station

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Schematic drawing of the layers of the prototype, which consists of micro solar cells, a molded reflective sunlight center and a thin protective glass.

NASA will launch into space a solar generator developed at Ben-Gurion University

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Prof. Giuseppe Fellini from the University of Bologna (right) and Prof. Beaz Pokroi from the Technion. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Bacteria in space

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NASA head Jim Bridenstine with Avi Blasberger head of the Israel Space Agency and Dr. Oren Milstein CEO of Stamrad. Photographed by Moran Kogan

The Israeli radiation shield will be flown to the space station on Saturday, and will be tested by the two astronauts

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The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft as photographed on August 24, 2019 during its docking attempt at the space station. Photo: NASA

An unmanned spacecraft failed to dock at the International Space Station. Another attempt - Tuesday morning

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Former astronaut Scott Kelly who spent almost a year in space continuously at the opening event of Israel Space Week 2019. Photo by Gilad Kvalertsik

7% of the genetic expressions in Scott Kelly's DNA changed after a year in space

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Astronaut Serena Union-Chancellor of NASA helps Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency put on the spacesuit for a spacewalk. The two, along with Russian Sergei Prokofiev, are on the International Space Station when the crew that was supposed to boost them returned to Earth in an emergency landing on Thursday 11/10 / 18. Photo: NASA

The astronauts returned safely but the International Space Station was left without a means of transportation

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Astronaut John Phillips demonstrates the waste problem on the International Space Station, in 2011. Photo: NASA

NASA is asking industry to find new ways to deal with debris on deep space missions

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SpaceX launched a used Dragon spacecraft, atop a used Falcon 9 launcher

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The Cygnus payload spacecraft that carried the laboratory to the International Space Station (Photo: NASA).

An Israeli space laboratory has arrived at the International Space Station

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The Dragon spacecraft that was launched today, on its first mission to the space station in September 2014, in a photo from the space station itself. Source: NASA.

SpaceX launched a used spacecraft to the space station for the first time

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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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The space station during the photographic mission. Photo: ESA/NASA.

Space disco

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SpaceX performed the first launch from the historic site from which the space shuttles and astronauts were launched to the moon

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