Topic: Ilan Ramon

Is there room for God on a space mission?

Science continues to alter the shape of religious belief, so how does devotion to a god change in orbit? Would long-distance space travel require...

Israel in mourning after astronaut son's death

Israel was in mourning on Monday as it buried the young pilot son of the Jewish state's first and only astronaut, himself killed in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster.Assaf Ramon, 21, died on Sunday when the F-16 fighter jet ...

Israel mourns pilot, grieves for astronaut's family

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Monday mourned the death of the fighter pilot son of an astronaut killed in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster, and the prime minister postponed talks on Middle East peace to attend his funeral.Asaf Ramon, 21, was killed ...

Columbia astronaut's son dies in F-16 crash

An F-16 fighter plane crash in the West Bank on Sunday killed its pilot, uniting Israel in grief for the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster.The single-seat warplane crashed in a remote ...
An Israeli F-16 fighter-bomber crashed in the West Bank on Sunday, killing its pilot, the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, officials said.The single-seat warplane crashed in a remote hilly region south ...
Son of Israeli astronaut killed in space shuttle Columbia disaster dies in fighter crashThe son of an Israeli astronaut who died in the space shuttle Columbia disaster six years ago was killed Sunday when his F-16 warplane crashed on a routine training ...

Israeli F-16 warplane crashes in West Bank

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashed in the West Bank on Sunday, killing its pilot, the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, officials said.The single-seat warplane crashed in a remote hilly region ...
An Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashed in the West Bank on Sunday, killing its pilot, the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, officials said.News of the crash rocked the Jewish state, where ...

Jews.In.Space!

Monday is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, so I thought this would be a great time to look back on Jews in space. She died tragically when the Challenger broke apart shortly after lift off for its 10th mission ...
After surviving shuttle blast and fall from space, Israeli astronaut's diary goes on displayPages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend ...