Spacecraft

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026

This comes after Starlink said in December that one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space, creating a "small" amount of debris and cutting off communications with the spacecraft.

JANUARY 2, 2026|ByREUTERS

SPACEX STARLINK 5 satellites are pictured in the sky seen from Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark April 21, 2020.

This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera, July 21, 2025.

NASA releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS, rejects alien spacecraft 'rumors'

While the comet's precise point of origin remains unclear, the NASA scientists said they believe it hails from a solar system older than our own, which formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025|ByREUTERS

Astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie attend a see-off ceremony for the Shenzhou-20 spaceflight mission at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China April 24, 2025.

Chinese astronauts' return delayed to Earth after debris hits spacecraft

China’s space agency said that the delay was to ensure the astronauts’ safety and health and has not yet announced alternative dates for Dong, Zhongrui, and Jie’s return.

NOVEMBER 8, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The spacecraft is on its way to crash into the asteroid’s moon

How the world won’t be destroyed: NASA found a solution to a worrying problem

NASA proved for the first time that a small spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. The DART mission collided with Dimorphos, showing humanity can protect itself from cosmic disasters.

AUGUST 27, 2025|ByDR. ITAY GAL

The spacecraft Gaia has identified two giant new planets in the Milky Way

Tel Aviv University team who led the research say Gaia’s innovative technology is sparking a true revolution in the world of astronomy.

JULY 12, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Artist's impression of a gas giant planet forming in the disc around the young star HD 100546.

Remember the rocket that crashed into the moon? It left a mark or two

NASA has discovered two small craters on the moon's surface resulting from the rocket crash.

JUNE 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A rocket body impacted the Moon on March 4, 2022, near Hertzsprung crater, creating a double crater roughly 28 meters wide in the longest dimension. LROC NAC M1407760984R; image enlarged 3x

NASA outsources $3.5 billion contracts for next-generation spacesuits

The companies would own the spacesuits, and NASA would become a customer, handing over the reins for what has already been a costly, years-long development for a new spacesuit design.

JUNE 9, 2022ByRICHARD TRIBOU/ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS

The next-generation spacesuit being designed by Collins Aerospace and partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering as part of a NASA contract awarded in June 2022.

Israeli astronaut to return to space with 35 experiments

Israel will soon be sending the Rakia mission into space, with astronaut Eitan Stibbe set to take an unprecedented 35 different experiments to the International Space Station.

JANUARY 24, 2022ByAARON REICH

Could wormholes be used for future space travel? A new study explains

A theory proposes that wormholes, if they exist, might be more stable than previously suggested.

NOVEMBER 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Wormhole corresponding to the maximal analytic extension of the Reissner Nordstrom metric.

Former Virgin Galactic CEO to fly to space - CNBC

Lori Garver, a former deputy administrator of NASA was present at the party and told CNBC that Branson said, "George will be leading our next flight."

JULY 23, 2021ByREUTERS