Israel's first astronaut - Air Force Col. Ilan Ramon - is scheduled to take part in the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia's next mission. STS-107 is a 16-day research mission that is slated to be launched on January 16, 2003. The mission is a multi-discipline microgravity and Earth science research mission with a multitude of international scientific investigations to be conducted continuously during the planned 16 days on orbit. Ilan Ramon: "Being the first Israeli astronaut - I feel I am representing all Jews and all Israelis. I'm also the son of a Holocaust survivor - I carry on the suffering...