Inrternational space station

China launches second space station module, Wentian

China began constructing the space station in April 2021 with the launch of the Tianhe module, the main living quarters, in the first of 11 crewed and uncrewed missions in the undertaking.

|ByREUTERS
Rescue workers carry Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang out of a return capsule after astronauts return to earth following the Shenzhou-13 manned space mission
Eytan Stibbe performing the experiment on the International Space Station.

TAU researchers test CRISPR genome editing in space

"In the International Space Station, we tested a CRISPR-based detection method developed by Dr. Janice Chen and colleagues in the Doudna lab," TAU's Dr. Dudu Burstein said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
StemRad CEO Dr. Oren Milstein (L) and Israel Space Agency director-general Avi Blasberger with the AstroRad radiation protection vest

Israeli radiation protection vest blasts off to Int'l Space Station

StemRad is behind the AstroRad vest, offering personal protective equipment for astronauts to wear beyond low Earth orbit, mitigating space radiation exposure outside the Earth’s magnetosphere.

|ByEYTAN HALON
An aircraft approaches the International Space Station

Israeli experiment goes airborne en route to Int'l Space Station

Israeli entrepreneurs have taken their experiments to infinity and beyond.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Mac TA licking its wounds after CL ouster

Lackluster efforts in both legs doom favored yellow-and-blue vs Maribor; K8 hosts Dinamo in Cyprus.

AUGUST 7, 2014ByALLON SINAI
Maccabi Tel Aviv midfielder Eran Zahavi failed to lead the yellow-and-blue to the Champions League playoffs, with the Israeli champion drawing 2-2 with NK Maribor.