Space

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative - opinion

Trump's executive order underscores that space is no longer a peripheral arena; it is a central pillar of national power

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.
NASA ASTRONAUT Garrett Reisman with one of the two winning classes at the Ramon Foundation Space Week event — a SpaceINT program class from David Tuviyahu Comprehensive School in Be’er Sheva.

Ramon Foundation hosts children’s event marking Space Week

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

Israel can maintain military edge by expanding into space, sources tell 'Post'

Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.

NASA on the brink of history: Rocket on its way to the moon – final preparations underway


Trump's space order: 2028 Moon landing, lunar outpost by 2030

Titled "ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY," the order calls on the Pentagon and US intelligence agencies to create a space security strategy, and urges efficiency among private contractors.

 American astronaut in space.

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.

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

Pro-Palestinian hacktivists launched hundreds of cyberattacks on Israeli space sector

Hacktivists launched 237 cyber operations against space-related entities during the Israel-Hamas war, peaking during Operation Rising Lion against Iran.

Cyber attacks on space

NASA rover detects electrical discharges - 'mini-lightning' - on Mars

The six-wheeled rover, exploring Mars since 2021 at a locale called Jezero Crater in its northern hemisphere, picked up these electrical discharges in audio and electromagnetic recordings.

 New information regarded as strong evidence Mars had ‘vacation beaches’. Illustration.

Israeli start-up Moonshot unveils hypersonic launcher for orbital logistics

The company has already signed preliminary agreements with Italy’s D Orbit and US-based Orbit Fab, both leaders in in-orbit servicing.

Satellite in Space.

Baikonur launch pad damaged after Russian Soyuz takes off to International Space Station

A Russian spacecraft with two cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut docked successfully at the ISS, but damage to the Baikonur launch pad was reported.

 Cosmonauts of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Pyotr Dubrov, Oleg Novitskiy and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei pose for a picture during a training session ahead of their expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) in Star City, Russia March 20, 2021

European nations commits to 30% rise in space spending to compete with US and China

The European Space Agency asks its 23 member states for over 20 billion euros to fund satellites and research programs.

 Cargo space craft and Earth.

Pentagon advances Golden Dome missile defense with new Space Force contracts

The US government has asked contractor competitors to develop four versions of missile interceptors to address threats at various altitudes and speeds, but those contracts have yet to be awarded.

U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 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.

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

Chinese astronauts begin return to Earth after space debris impact

The threat has prompted calls for rival space powers US and China to collaborate on space debris mitigation and satellite traffic rules, though US law largely bars NASA from working with Beijing.

 Astronauts at the International Space Station.