International Space Station

'Unprofessional behavior': NASA report rips into astronaut-stranding Starliner mission

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman ripped into Boeing and agency leadership for their handling of the Starliner mission during a news conference timed with the release of the 300-page report.

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A UNITED Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US June 5, 2024.
ROSCOSMOS COSMONAUT Alexey Zubritskiy conducts a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), October 16, 2025.

NASA returns ISS crew early for first time in history, due to 'serious medical condition'

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told reporters that the decision was made to return the astronaut because the capability to diagnose and treat them properly is not available on the ISS.

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Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel shakes hands with Meredith McKay, NASA’s deputy administrator for international relations.

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

The deal will anchor joint projects with NASA until 2035, and is designed to expand already close cooperation on flagship projects.

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A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 1, 2025.

SpaceX launches joint astronaut crew to ISS in NASA's Crew-11 mission

While normal crew rotation missions last roughly six months, the Crew-11 crew may be the first to settle into a new routine time of eight months.

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Russia to integrate Gigachat AI model into International Space Station

Gigachat will assist the crew with processing satellite imagery, increasing the maximum resolution from one meter per pixel to 0.5 meters.

JUNE 3, 2025ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at AI Journey, Sberbank's international conference on artificial intelligence technology, in Moscow, Russia, December 11, 2024

NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after a nine-month ISS mission, extended due to Boeing Starliner delays.

MARCH 18, 2025ByREUTERS
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, undocks from the ISS to begin a journey to return to Earth March 18, 2025.

Trump tasks SpaceX with rescuing 'stranded' NASA astronauts

President Donald Trump has called on Elon Musk to rescue two NASA astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, with the pair blaming the Biden administration for leaving them 'stranded.'

JANUARY 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks on-screen during a central election campaign event of the AfD in Halle (Saale), Germany, January 25, 2025.

Space debris crashes into Florida home, family sues for damages

The space agency said they will continue to investigate why the hardware did not burn up during entry and update their systems so it does not occur again. 

JUNE 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The space debris that impacted the home in Naples, Florida on March 8, 2024.

Happy Hanukkah from space: NASA astronaut 'lights' menorah

Moghbeli's husband, Sam, is Jewish and their household celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.

DECEMBER 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli takes a break during operations and poses for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.

Soyuz spacecraft with US astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts docks at ISS

The ISS is one of the few international projects on which the United States and Russia still cooperate closely.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByREUTERS
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Expert claims NASA may have accidentally discovered, killed life on Mars in the 1970s

Astrobiology professor suggests 1970's NASA mission might have detected and unintentionally extinguished life on Mars.

AUGUST 27, 2023ByWALLA!

NASA sends 4 to International Space Station in SpaceX Crew-7 mission

A crew of four astronauts are headed for the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission for a number of scientific experiments.

AUGUST 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov launch to the International Space Station as Crew-7 on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 26, 2023.

NASA's International Space Station is filled with chemicals. Here's why - study

A number of potentially harmful chemicals have been found accumulating in the air filters of the International Space Station. This is how they got there.

AUGUST 16, 2023ByAARON REICH
The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018.

Immune systems can be weakened by space travel - what causes such an immune deificit? - study

The authors suggested that the change in gene expression of leukocytes under microgravity is triggered by a “fluid shift."

JUNE 23, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
David Saint-Jacques and a record number of astronauts on board the International Space Station are collecting blood and breath samples for Canadian study MARROW. The experiment takes a closer look at the space-related changes that occur in blood and bone marrow