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Ilan Ramon and the Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy

Columbia Tragedy, Ilan Ramon Perishes. February 1, 2003 the Columbia Space Shuttle, returning from its mission, was destroyed upon re-entry, 16 minutes before its scheduled landing. All its crew members perished, including Ilan Ramon, a combat in the Israeli Air Force, who was the first Israeli astronaut. Prior to his departing to space, where his mission included the manning of a multispectral camera for recording desert aeroso, he arranged to take Kosher food and he took along a Kiddush cup and a copy of the Torah that survived the Holocaust.