New planets, a God for the cosmos and exotheology

By Roger Price
Published on February 19, 2013

SpaceIL: Israel’s race to the moon

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 19, 2013

One day in 2015, a small Israeli spacecraft will land on and reconnoiter the moon, joining the United States and former Soviet Union in the world’s most exclusive extraterrestrial club.

How to avoid meteors

By Marty Kaplan
Published on February 18, 2013

NASA scientists say that meteor explosions like the one last week injuring 1,200 people in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, are 100-year events. The last time a big meteor crashed into our planet, incinerating 80 million trees in the Tunguska region of Siberia, was in 1908. So if you’re feeling a bit panicky after Chelyabinsk, relax. Odds are it’ll be a century before something like that happens again – though it’s understandable if you decide to cross the Trans-Siberian railroad off your bucket list.

10 years to the Columbia Disaster

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 1, 2013

Space Shuttle Columbia: From Shoah to the stars

By Pat Sierchio
Published on January 23, 2013

On Feb. 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, tragically taking the lives of all seven astronauts on board. Among those who never returned home were Israeli Air Force Col. Ilan Ramon — Israel’s first and only astronaut — and a miniature Torah dating back to the Holocaust.

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on November 11, 2012

Space Travel: Is it worth it?

By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Published on October 29, 2012

The shuttle, trees and social justice

By Andy Lipkis
Published on October 10, 2012

Los Angeles accomplished quite a coup in beating out other cities to become the permanent home of the decommissioned space shuttle Endeavour. But in the wake of its dramatic arrival, Los Angeles residents and leaders still have a lot to learn about how to live together in a 21st century megalopolis.

Gabby Giffords returns home to Tucson

Published on August 13, 2012

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has moved home to Tucson.

Solar Eclipse Sunday May 20: Ring of Fire

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on May 17, 2012

Total Lunar Eclipse Saturday December 10, 2011

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on December 9, 2011

NASA is her dream

Published on June 8, 2011

When Barbara Schloss joined the robotics team at Milken Community High School as a sophomore, she knew she had found her passion. “It’s so fun,” said Schloss, whose father and grandfather, both of whom work in the aeronautics industry, encouraged her interest in math and science from a young age.

NASA takes inspiration from Abrams

By Adam Wills
Published on March 24, 2010

NASA confirms water on Mars

By Adam Wills
Published on August 1, 2008

Israeli invention could pave way for hydrogen cars

By David Shamah
Published on April 24, 2008

Everyone's heard that old story about the scientist who invents a "magic pill" that turns water into gasoline -- with the invention eventually getting into the hands of the oil companies that bury it, fearing they will be driven out of business when word gets out about their competition

‘Tragic Loss’ documents Israeli astronaut’s ill-fated flight

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on March 8, 2007

Q & A With Leonard Nimoy

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on November 2, 2006

Leonard Nimoy became one of the staunchest advocates of the landmark's mammoth renovation and expansion project, along with his wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, donating $1 million toward its new Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater.

Jews join the quest for space commerce

By Adam Wills
Published on November 2, 2006

Commercial space interests are now playing a critical role in the dawn of the second space age -- one built on business ventures and international cooperation. Instead of Hilton and Pan Am, the corporate names associated with the commercialization of space include Budget Suites and Virgin.

My Father, My Hero

By Avner Hofstein
Published on February 5, 2004

There's a framed glass poster that hangs on the wall of Assaf Ramon's Houston bedroom wall. While the image of the smiling astronaut in the orange jumpsuit is famous, the Hebrew words inscribed at the bottom of the poster are not

Community Briefs

Published on January 22, 2004

Community Briefs

I Grieve for the Man Who’ll Never Return

By Yitzhak Ben-Horin
Published on February 6, 2003

His face peered out this week from every television set in the United States. It was impossible to escape him. It was impossible to stop looking at him. My heart ached, a real heartache. This time, I couldn't stop the tears.

Even I'm allowed. So what if I'm a cynical journalist who, in a career spanning over 30 years, covered wars, earthquakes, terrorist attacks and grieving families? I always tried to block emotions and hide behind my mask of professionalism.

Last Saturday morning, the mask broke.

Where No Israeli Has Gone Before

By Irene Brown
Published on July 18, 2002

"I would like to see my mission as my first one, not my last," he added.