[yonif]

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks Yonif. I'm not sure people realize Ramon was one of the pilots who took out the nuclear reactor in Iraq years ago. He was a national hero even before he was trained in the astronaut program. His job on board STS107 was to manage the $2 million dollar Israeli experament in dust cloud dynamics. Thanks for the post.

[raisincane]

Thank you for sharing this tribute with us. The heavens will shine with them forever.

[Pyro7480]

Thanks for posting this beautiful tribute. However, I think in the picture titled "Col. Ilan Ramon holding the Sabbath Kiddush service aboard Columbia," he was actually talking during an in-flight press conference about holding the service and showing his cup used during it. I saw the video of it on C-SPAN and I remember the exact moment he showed the cup.

[crazykatz]

FYI

[thatdewd]

A picture of Israel and the Sinai peninsula as seen from Space Shuttle Columbia on January 26.

[Inspectorette]

Bump.

[lodwick]

bttt

[facedown]

bump

[Ladysmith]

bttt

[Orion78]

Virtual Tour of Space Shuttle Columbia

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks yonif. I'm sorry your country lost a hero, too.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Pings to you three.

[Spirited]

Thank you, Yonif, and all of the others of you who have enlightened me about Col Ramon, his purpose on the flight and his part in the heroic raid on the reactor.

[DoughtyOne]

No one else had posted it, so I am posting the official STS107 photo of Ramon.
This version was produced from the orginal release by NASA.
I have cropped it to show only Ramon and other interesing aspects of the photo.
The original had some dead space surrounding Ramon and these objects.
I also resized, tinted and adjusted the contrast to make this a warmer picture.

You can click on this photo for a full screen sized version.