U.S., Israel sign pact to fly first Israeli astronaut on shuttle

The U.S. and Israeli governments signed an agreement Aug. 16 under which Israel's first astronaut will fly next spring aboard a space shuttle on a two-week research mission. NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and Aby Har-Even, a representative of the Israeli Space Agency, signed a Memorandum Of...

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