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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

One small fix for a toilet: Artemis II crew fixes malfunction after launch

Shortly after the Artemis II launch, a toilet malfunction was detected and fixed with help from mission control in Houston, after which the four astronauts were given four hours of rest; Christina Koch requested a song to wake them up

Yaron Drukman | 04.02.26

NASA launches Artemis II crew toward moon in first human mission beyond Earth orbit since 1972

Four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, begin historic lunar flyby mission, passing within 6,500 km of the moon as NASA targets a crewed landing by 2028

Yaron Drukman, Ettay Nevo | 04.02.26

From Petah Tikva to orbit: Gilat Satellite Networks surges 160%, becoming an investor favorite

While Starlink and Amazon race to deploy satellites in space, Israel’s Gilat sells the ground equipment that connects them; Defense contracts, strategic acquisitions and major tenders have lifted its market value to about 3.5 billion shekels

Tal Shahaf | 02.10.26

Christina Koch’s long road to the moon, from Antarctic ice to NASA’s Artemis 2

A veteran of Antarctic winters, record-setting space missions and all-female spacewalks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is days away from making history as the first woman to travel around the moon aboard Artemis 2

Yaron Drukman | 01.31.26

Mitzpe Ramon launches Space City campus with Nvidia partnership

The new campus will host mission control rooms, Mars simulation labs and startup accelerators, with Nvidia joining as a partner in a 100 million shekel project

Israel Wullman | 01.29.26

Astronauts’ brains shift in space, with changes lingering after return to Earth, study finds

New research tracking astronauts before and after spaceflight found the brain moves upward and backward in microgravity, with longer missions linked to greater shifts and some effects persisting for months, raising questions for future moon and Mars missions

Tzur Gueta | 01.18.26

גז מולקולרי בתווך התוך-צבירי של צביר הגלקסיות SPT2349-56

Astronomers discover rare galaxy cluster from dawn of universe

Extremely hot cloud of gas detected inside galaxy cluster SPT2349-56, formed just 1.4 billion years after Big Bang, challenging cosmological models that place such extreme temperatures much later in the evolution of galaxy clusters

Yogev Israeli | 01.12.26

Who soared and who sank: the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's biggest winners and losers in 2025

This past year was historic for the Israeli stock market, with indices surging and outperforming Wall Street; security firms and investment houses will remember 2025 fondly, while biomed and medical robotics companies were left behind

Navit Zomer | 12.29.25

המילים 'משימת הירח הרוסית', ירח ודגל רוסיה

Russia plans nuclear power station on the moon as global lunar race intensifies

Russia says it plans to build a nuclear power station on the moon by 2036 to support a long-term lunar program with China, as competition with the United States and other space powers accelerates

Yogev Israeli, Reuters | 12.25.25

The second Hubble Space Telescope view of comet 3I/ATLAS

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new images as it makes final pass through solar system

NASA and ESA release detailed views of 3I/ATLAS as the fast-moving interstellar comet approaches its Dec. 19 closest pass to Earth, with Hubble and Juice capturing its bright coma, twin tails and intense activity after its encounter with the sun

ynet Global | 12.08.25

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