The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ilan-ramon/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Ilan Ramon | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ilan-ramon/ 32 32 Ilan Ramon’s space diary moved to National Library https://www.timesofisrael.com/ilan-ramons-space-diary-moved-to-national-library/ Wed, 29 May 2024 15:05:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3300636 Late Israeli astronaut's handwritten pages survived the 2003 explosion that destroyed the Space Shuttle Columbia during reentry, killing all aboard

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]]> NASA marks 20 years to Columbia disaster that killed 7, including Israeli Ilan Ramon https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasa-marks-20-years-to-columbia-disaster-which-killed-ilan-ramon-6-others/ Sun, 29 Jan 2023 06:38:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2937751 Rabbi recalls how Israel's first astronaut had inquired about keeping Shabbat in space: 'Ilan taught us, no matter how fast we're going, to think about why we're here on Earth'

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]]> 40 years after Iraq reactor raid, IDF reveals Ilan Ramon’s fears, intel sketches https://www.timesofisrael.com/40-years-after-iraq-reactor-raid-idf-reveals-ilan-ramons-fears-intel-sketches/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:47:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2569389 Archive publishes papers relating to 1981 Osirak strike and video of famed pilot saying that mother's Holocaust experiences inspired him despite the danger

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]]> Trailblazing forensics expert who decrypted Ilan Ramon diary retires from force https://www.timesofisrael.com/trailblazing-forensics-expert-who-decrypted-ilan-ramon-diary-retires-from-force/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:26:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2492682 British-born Sharon Brown wraps up 31-year career with Israel Police ranging from cracking routine white-collar crime forgeries to deciphering damaged docs of national importance

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]]> Questions on arms sales, funding bring 2nd Israeli astronaut back down to earth https://www.timesofisrael.com/questions-on-arms-sales-funding-bring-2nd-israeli-astronaut-back-down-to-earth/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:58:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2434846 Before he was being feted as a national hero for paying his way into orbit on a private trip, pilot Eytan Stibbe was making a fortune in a war-torn corner of Africa

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]]> Israeli astronaut to fund own space flight, just might fly alongside Tom Cruise https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-astronaut-to-fund-own-space-flight-just-might-fly-alongside-tom-cruise/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:39:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2431009&preview=true&preview_id=2431009 Eytan Stibbe, ex-fighter pilot set to be Israel's 2nd astronaut, will also finance equipment for experiments on space station; 1st astronaut Ilan Ramon was his air force commander

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]]> Israel to send its second-ever astronaut into space https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-send-its-second-ever-astronaut-into-space/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:05:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2430588 Eytan Stibbe to head to International Space Station late next year; announcement made in presence of son of 1st Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died in 2003 Columbia mission

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]]> Back from space odyssey, astronaut Jessica Meir adapts to Covid-plagued Earth https://www.timesofisrael.com/back-from-space-odyssey-astronaut-jessica-meir-adapts-to-covid-plagued-earth/ Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:05:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2325047 With 7 months on International Space Station and historic all-female space walks behind her, trailblazing child of Iraqi-born Israeli sets sights on Artemis moon landing project

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]]> 38 years later, pilots recall how Iran inadvertently enabled Osiraq reactor raid https://www.timesofisrael.com/38-years-later-pilots-recall-how-iran-inadvertently-enabled-osiraq-reactor-raid/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:32:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2091364 Surviving participants in Israeli airstrike that destroyed Saddam's nuclear site gather to retrace mission that 'remade the Middle East'

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]]> New exhibit of astronaut Ilan Ramon diary opens at Israel Museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-exhibit-of-ilan-ramon-diary-opens-at-israel-museum/ Tue, 21 May 2019 23:14:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2080324 Diary that survived space shuttle crash displayed alongside and compared to fragments of biblical Book of Enoch

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]]> Rona Ramon posthumously awarded Israel Prize for lifetime achievement https://www.timesofisrael.com/rona-ramon-posthumously-awarded-israel-prize-for-lifetime-acheivement/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:29:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2049232 Ramon, widow of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon and founder of the Ramon foundation, hailed as 'an Israeli hero full of giving and light'

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]]> Eilat city airport closes for good after final departure https://www.timesofisrael.com/eilat-city-airport-closes-for-good-after-final-departure/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:51:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2039305 Ramon takes over as main airport serving southern resort city; some locals bemoan losing conveniently placed old airport

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]]> Eilat’s Ramon airport welcomes first international flights https://www.timesofisrael.com/eilats-ramon-airport-welcomes-first-international-flights/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:58:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2030167 Ryanair flight from Poland first from abroad to land at new airport; old airport in center of Eilat set to close later this month

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]]> Rivlin hosts bereaved families of Columbia shuttle astronauts https://www.timesofisrael.com/rivlin-hosts-bereaved-families-of-columbia-shuttle-astronauts/ Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:24:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2006896 President fulfills wish of deceased Israeli crew member's wife, Rona Ramon, who had invited the visitors but died last month before they arrived

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]]> Jordan protests Israel’s new Ramon airport, claims it could violate airspace https://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-protests-israels-new-ramon-airport-claims-it-could-violate-airspace/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:54:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2003007&preview=true&preview_id=2003007 Kingdom says it 'reserves all options' in responding to southern airfield located near border, urges international action

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