She still found a way to celebrate the holiday even while in space.

The launch is part of a new partnership between NASA and Israel’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology.

Israeli participants at the NASA Space Apps Challenge launched some amazing ideas that are out of this world!

'Professor Jeffrey Gordon was invited by NASA to present a plan to power lunar colonies solely through solar energy,' announced Ben-Gurion University.

How did one Israeli startup contribute to NASA’s successful DART international space mission?

Joint project of Israel’s Helios and Florida’s Eta Space aims to enable in-orbit refueling for long-term space missions and even colonization.

The Israeli-developed AstroRad Vest is intended to protect astronauts from harmful radiation in space.

'This just further confirms my deeply held belief that the universe is a beautiful, amazing thing,' says Michael Kaplan.

Dr. David Polishook participated in a planetary defense exercise.

The emotional  flight attendant who announced the presence of the prominent passenger was holding back tears.

Israeli companies sent a nanotechnology cancer treatment experiment to the International Space Station.

NASA satellite images obtained by Ynet show three fires in distant locations started simultaneously. 

An Israeli undergrad working on her own discovered two asteroids, earning a major honor from NASA!

NASA looks closely at Israeli technology to help in space mission.

Israeli company that developed anti-radiation vest for NASA wins funding to manufacture new vests on board the space station out of waste plastic.

NASA's Trident space exploration mission could carry Israeli technology to Neptune to determine if an underground ocean on its largest moon contains life.

Astronaut Jessica Meir sent Chanukah wishes to those celebrating back on earth.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir posted three stunning photographs on Twitter, honoring her Israeli father. Check them out!

Israel-American-Swedish Jessica Meir became the fourth Jewish woman and 15th Jewish astronaut overall to be part of a space mission.

There have been quite a number of Jewish astronauts, many of whom are women! How many do you know?

Israel and NASA signed an agreement to increase cooperation during a visit to the Jewish state by NASA's new chief, Jim Bridenstine.

Israeli researchers are using futuristic NASA imaging technology to look into the past.

Fifteen years after Ilan Ramon's death on the Columbia space shuttle, his legacy of hope, strength, and perseverance lives on.

A nanosatellite built by Israeli teenagers was successfully launched into space.

NASA chief Charlie Bolden, on a visit to Israel, said that international cooperation would be needed for manned missions to Mars to succeed, and that he is interested in exploring how Israel could help the effort, while expressing appreciation for Israel's technological abilities.

“Every time we pass over, I have been fascinated with this view, considering it contains the vast majority of Biblical history," said Williams of a view of Israel from outer space.

A recent NASA study shows that the 1998-2012 eastern Mediterranean drought was the area’s worst drought in 900 years. But Israeli innovation has made the Jewish State nearly drought-proof, and Omer Arad came up with the idea of a wearable panic bracelet that lets a diver call his or her partner.

The Mediterranean is experiencing its worst drought in centuries, but Israel has weathered this otherwise devastating lack of rain due to its advanced water technologies.

Eilat - Israel’s most southern spot – provided the perfect venue for the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships and RS:X Under 21 Windsurfing Championships, and Israeli concept artist Eyal Gever is working with NASA to produce a digital representation of a human laugh.

The International Astronautical Congress, hosted this year in Jerusalem, may be the first step in Israeli exploration of Mars!

An Israeli artist plans to create a “laughing” piece that will be beamed up to outer space this year, becoming the first-ever sculpture in space.

Roni Oron developed a prototype of a satellite called "BioSat" in order to “solve a problem for astronauts trying to prove that life on Mars is possible."

Israel has been accepted into the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) despite an Arab attempt to thwart the Jewish state’s membership.

NASA and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) have signed a significant new civil space agreement, establishing a strengthened relationship between the two bodies.

Hosted by Israel’s Space Agency, the International Astronautical Congress featured leading space agency directors and famed moonwalker Buzz Aldrin.