This is the Forward’s coverage of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. space agency, and the Jews who have been involved with it.
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Fast Forward Jewish entrepreneur Jared Isaacman won’t helm NASA after Trump yanks nomination
Isaacman is close to Elon Musk, who exited the White House last week
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Opinion NASA finally stopped honoring a Nazi scientist. Why did it take so long?
Kurt H. Debus was the first director of the Kennedy Space Center — and a former member of the SS
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Fast Forward Trump picks Jewish space adventurer Jared Isaacman to head NASA
Isaacman has made headlines with his private adventures into outer space
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Culture NASA wants to create a time zone on the moon. Here’s what that means for Jewish space travelers
When Shabbat and the holidays begin and end are by no means the most important questions. It’s deeper than that
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Nazi collaborator monuments Alabama museum removes quotation by Nazi scientist
Several items honoring NASA’s Wernher von Braun still remain around the US
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Fast Forward NASA Renamed A Planet-Like Object Because Its Original Name Had Nazi Ties
(JTA) — NASA has renamed the most distant object ever explored by a spacecraft after it was criticized for calling it by a name with Nazi connotations. It will now be called Arrokoth, which means “sky” in the Native American Powhatan language. The trans-Neptunian object’s official designation is 2014 MU69, but NASA scientists considered some…
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Fast Forward Jewish Astronaut Will Bring Israeli Flag To Space
(JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin thanked American astronaut Jessica Meir on Sunday for her plans to bring an Israeli flag into space with her on a mission in September. Meir, the daughter of a mother from Sweden and an Iraqi-Israeli father, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the Israeli flag she’s bringing with her…
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Fast Forward Heil Heavens? NASA Gives Far-Off Space Object Nazi-Friendly Name.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on Tuesday flew past a small icy object four billion miles from the sun named Ultima Thule — a record-setting mission that will give a glimpse of what lies on the edge of the solar system. It’s a moment that could define the future, but the name “Ultima Thule” is one…
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Yiddish אַן אויסשטעלונג אין „פּולין“־מוזיי וועגן דער געשיכטע פֿון ייִדישע שפּראַכןAn exhibit at Warsaw’s Polin Museum on the history of Jewish languages
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Fast Forward NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch apologizes for allowing ‘turmoil’ outside synagogue
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Fast Forward Eurovision announces new voting measures following allegations of Israeli interference
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