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Astronaut Eytan Stibbe will fly to the International Space Station in 2021.

“Preventing conflicts in outer space and preserving outer space for peaceful purposes" is more necessary than ever.

NASA is calling the flight its first "operational" mission for a rocket and crew-vehicle system that was 10 years in the making.

NASA officials signed off on Crew Dragon’s final design earlier this week, ending a nearly 10-year development phase for SpaceX under the agency’s public-private crew program.

While many Israelis and Emiratis undoubtedly cheered the news, one of the biggest winners of Israeli-Emirati space cooperation is the United States.

Despite its value, the asteroid cannot be brought back to Earth as it would likely destroy the planet and the market for iron.

Water is a precious resource and a relatively plentiful lunar presence could prove important to future astronaut and robotic missions seeking to extract and utilize water.

If a successful collection is confirmed, the spacecraft will journey back toward Earth, arriving in 2023.

"This fully integrated cellular network meets the stringent size, weight and power constraints of space payloads in the smallest possible form factor."

A few areas in particular where the two will work closely are emergency response, building space-based technologies meant to detect disasters and sharing the information with scientists worldwide.