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NASA chief says agency would consider sending ‎2nd Israeli astronaut into space

by  Ilan Gattegno , News Agencies and ILH Staff
Published on  07-13-2018 00:00
Last modified: 11-22-2021 15:54
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NASA Director Jim Bridenstine in Jerusalem

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The new director of the U.S. National Aeronautics ‎and Space Administration, who is visiting Israel this week, said Thursday that he would consider ‎sending a second Israeli astronaut into space.‎

Israel's first NASA astronaut, Ilan Ramon, died ‎in ‎‎2003 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, ‎which ‎disintegrated upon re-entry into the earth's ‎‎atmosphere due to a structural failure. ‎

Jim Bridenstine, named NASA chief in late April, ‎chose Israel for his first international visit. ‎

He met Thursday with Science and Technology Minister ‎Ofir Akunis and the two agreed to expand Israeli ‎Space Agency and NASA collaborations, including on ‎issues concerning the international space station, ‎space exploration and earth science research.‎

Akunis expressed interest in sending a second ‎Israeli astronaut into space and Bridenstine said ‎the United States would consider the request.‎

NASA Director Jim Bridenstine and Science and ‎Technology Minister Ofir Akunis, Thursday Orn Ben Hakoon

During a joint press conference in Jerusalem, ‎‎Bridenstine spoke of U.S. President Donald Trump's ‎‎plans to again send American astronauts to the moon.‎

NASA is exploring options to build a lunar space ‎‎vessel that would be used by astronauts to probe the ‎‎moon and serve as a launching position for deep-‎space missions, he said. ‎

Bridenstine concluded by stating that "NASA has a ‎‎great deal of interest in Israeli technologies."‎

Akunis later released a statement saying, "The joint ‎agreement signed today symbolizes the mutual ‎interest in building scientific and technological ‎capabilities in space. ‎

‏"‏The fact that the head of NASA chose his ‎first visit outside U.S. borders to be in Israel ‎says a great deal about the close alliance between ‎the two countries and the tremendous appreciation ‎that they [the U.S.] have for Israel's vast ‎technological capabilities in the field of space."

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