(Ha'aretz) Asaf Ronel - The head of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jim Bridenstine, arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss future joint space plans with officials from the Israel Space Agency. Issues for expanded cooperation include the International Space Station, space exploration, and science education. Israel has expressed interest in sending another Israeli astronaut into space and NASA has promised to consider this request. Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, died together with six other astronauts when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry on Feb. 1, 2003.
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