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Isolation, tensions and division: how extreme conditions affect space crews

How can teams function after months in isolation? An Antarctica study finds extreme environments can fuel loneliness, conflict, mistrust, social divides and poorer performance, with key lessons for future space missions

Yogev Israeli | 06.01.26

The full moon rises behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany

Rare blue micromoon to light up sky this weekend, won’t return until 2028

It will appear slightly smaller and dimmer than usual and will pass near a bright red star, briefly blocking it in some regions

AP | 05.29.26

Bezos’ Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes in Florida test | Watch

During an early-morning test in Florida, Blue Origin’s giant launcher exploded on the pad; Bezos vowed to rebuild and fly again, while Musk also weighed in

Reuters | 05.29.26

Space communism: China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2035 moon base

One astronaut will remain aboard Tiangong for a year, China’s longest space mission yet, as Beijing studies long-term human survival in orbit and races the US toward a crewed moon landing

Reuters | 05.24.26

Back on track after a previous failure, and carrying a large payload. The Zhuque-2E rocket launches from Dongfeng this week

Israeli experiments and Starship’s return: this week in space

SpacePharma and Israeli student experiments are aboard the ISS, Israel and South Sudan cooperate on space science, Starship returns upgraded and China keeps racing ahead

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.20.26

With NVIDIA-backed labs, Mitzpe Ramon is turning Israel’s Negev into a space-tech hub for Mars

Dr. Roy Naor and his Creation Space partners want to turn Mitzpe Ramon into Israel’s space city, with Nvidia-backed labs, control rooms and startups developing technology for Earth, the moon and Mars

Israel Wullman | 05.16.26

A fee of up to $200,000 per launch within a few years. Launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket this week

Cosmic catch-up: the biggest space stories of the week

An Israeli-German cloud-research satellite is set to launch next month; the US plans new fees for commercial space launches and reentries, researchers warn that hardy fungi could potentially contaminate Mars; this week in space

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.07.26

Israeli-German CloudCT satellite to launch in June and map clouds for climate research

The 4-kilogram CloudCT satellite, built through an international project involving the Weizmann Institute, Technion and Germany’s Center for Telematics, will test AI-based cloud tomography technology ahead of a planned 10-satellite constellation

ynet | 05.01.26

כנס חדשנות אסם נסטלה חדשנות ביונד מיט בשר טבעוני חקלאות חכמה סיכונים סיכון אוטומציה אגרונומיה

Technion launches aerospace innovation prize

Israel’s primary engineering school says the Blankfeld prize will honor leading aerospace researchers, support emerging scholars and expand global collaboration in a field central to Israel’s security and technology sector

ynet Global | 04.30.26

הר אבן עם האסטרונאוטים אילן רמון ז"ל ויצחק מאיו

The man who helped launch Israel into space — and was killed in the Acre terror attack

Aby Har-Even, killed in a terror attack about five years ago, led development of Israel’s satellite launcher, transformed the Israel Space Agency and also headed defense projects that remain under censorship

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.21.26

Artemis 2 ends with successful splashdown, first crewed moon mission in 50 years

NASA’s Orion capsule safely returned after a nine-day, million-kilometer journey, marking humanity’s first crewed flight near the moon since 1972 and paving the way for future lunar landings later this decade

Itay Navon | 04.11.26

First image from the far side of the moon revealed as Artemis 2 astronauts set distance record

NASA releases rare images of Earth from beyond moon’s far side; crew reaches 406,684 km from Earth (252,700 miles), the farthest humans have traveled, surpassing Apollo 13 record during historic mission

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.07.26

More than 400,000 km from Earth: Artemis 2 breaks 56-year-old record

Crew reached more than 400,000 km from Earth, enter lunar gravity zone and witness solar eclipse; Orion to make closest approach overnight before accelerating back toward Earth

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.06.26

Christina Koch peers out of one of the aircraft's windows

Artemis II aims to break Apollo 13 distance record during historic moon flyby

Artemis II astronauts prepare to break Apollo 13’s distance record while capturing rare views of the moon’s far side and witnessing a solar eclipse during humanity’s first lunar mission in more than 50 years

AP | 04.06.26

צוות ארמטמיס 2 בשיחה עם אנשי נאס"א, הלילה

Artemis II crew halfway to moon, set to surpass Apollo 13 distance record

The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom around

Associated Press | 04.04.26