Posts Tagged: Ilan Ramon
Israel, NASA Reach Agreement to Send First Israeli Female Astronaut to Space
Israel has reached an agreement with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to send the first Israeli woman astronaut to space, Israel's Minister...
Israeli Astronaut to Take Remains of Ilan Ramon’s Diary on Space Mission This Week
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe will bring along diary fragments belonging to his air force pilot friend, the late astronaut Ilan Ramon, when he takes off...
Packing Poetry and Lesson Plans, Israel’s Next Astronaut Gears Up for Record-Breaking Space Mission
Story time from space and zero-gravity history lessons are coming soon to Israeli schoolchildren, as the Jewish state's second-ever astronaut prepares for his trip aboard...
Israeli President Herzog Tells Astronaut Set for Historic Mission, ‘the Whole Nation Is Watching You’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met Thursday with Eytan Stibbe, who will soon become the second Israeli to travel into space, saying, “The whole nation is...
In Rare Footage, Israeli Astronaut and War Hero Ilan Ramon Shares Motivation as Son of Auschwitz Survivor
Ilan Ramon — who became the first Israeli astronaut and served a fighter pilot in the Israel Air Force during the 1981 raid on the...
Rona Ramon to Be Posthumously Awarded Israel Prize for Education Activism
The late Rona Ramon, who passed away in December at the age of 54 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, will be posthumously awarded an...
First International Flight Touches Down at New Eilat Airport
CTech - Six weeks after its official opening, the first international flights have landed at Eilat’s new Ramon Airport. On Monday, Irish low-cost carrier RyanAir has...
NASA Astronauts Arrive for Israeli Space Week
JNS.org - The annual Israeli Space Week honoring Israel's first astronaut, the late Col. Ilan Ramon, kicked off on Sunday with much fanfare. The events, which will...
Israel Exploring Possibility of Sending Astronaut to International Space Station
JNS.org - The Israel Space Agency (ISA) is in preliminary talks with U.S., European, Russian, and Chinese space agencies to explore sending an...
Israeli Students Speak with Canadian Astronaut in Space
JERUSALEM - Ninth grade physics students at Hebrew University Secondary School (Leyada) in Jerusalem spoke with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, as he orbited the Earth aboard...
New Israeli Astronaut Could Go to Space
The Ministry of Science and Technology announced that it intends to renew its initiative to send another Israeli astronaut to space. The first and only Israeli...
Time and Space: Decade After Fatal Mission, Film Covers Israeli Astronaut’s Legacy
Dan Cohen describes Ilan Ramon, the first and only Israeli astronaut, as "a man used to rising to the occasion." On Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.,...
International Airport to be Built Near Israeli Tourist Hotspot Eilat
The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has announced the first construction proposals for a new $1.7 billion international airport near the southern resort city of Eilat. The...
Knesset Member Opposes Naming Space Center for Israeli Astronaut Ramon
Knesset member Ahmed Tibi, leader of the Israeli-Arab Ta'al party, called the decision to name a space center after late Israeli astronaut Ilan...
