#ilan ramon

[lully-jo]

I do not think a day has passed that I haven't just had big hot tears about the Artemis II mission and god I am praying to every soul to protect those 4 as they return to our blue marble. Protect them Laika Protect them Félicette Protect them Gus Grissom Protect them Edward H. White Protect them Roger B. Chaffee Protect them Dick Scobee Protect them Michael J. Smith Protect them Ronald McNair Protect them Ellison Onizuka Protect them Judith Resnik Protect them Gregory Jarvis Protect them Christa McAuliffe Protect them Rick Husband Protect them William C. McCool Protect them Michael P. Anderson Protect them Kalpana Chawla Protect them David M. Brown Protect them Laurel Clark Protect them Ilan Ramon

[cns-mari]

okay mari let's put down all this research on the 2003 Columbia tragedy you're gonna fall into a hole and make yourself cry again over 7 dead astronauts lets not do that please

[david-goldrock]

Our earth is beautiful, first of all it's really beautiful

From our point of view here in space, we look to you, and in front of us looks back a world with no borders, full of serenity and splendor

And (there is) a word is in our hearts that humanity, its entirety as one, will imagine the world as it looks like to us - without borders, and will aspire to live together, in peace

~Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut

כדור הארץ שלנו הוא יפיפה, קודם כל הוא באמת יפיפה; מזווית המבט שלנו כאן בחלל, אנחנו מביטים אליכם, ומולנו נשקף עולם ללא גבולות, מלא שלווה והדר. ומילה בליבנו שהאנושות כולה כאחד, תדמיין את העולם כפי שהוא נשקף לנו ללא גבולות ותשאף לחיות ביחד, בשלום

~אילן רמון, האסטרונאוט הישראלי הראשון

[gusgrissom]

Sixteen minutes from home. Remembering the crew of Columbia STS-107, twenty years ago today.

Colonel Rick Douglas Husband, USAF (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003)

Commander William Cameron McCool, USN (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003)

Captain David McDowell Brown, USN (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003)

Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003)

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Phillip Anderson, USAF (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003)

Captain Laurel Blair Salton Clark, M.D., USN (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003)

Colonel Ilan Ramon, IAF (June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003)

[girlactionfigure]

[jennrg]

(Credit to NASA)

[eretzyisrael]

In memory of Israel's first and only astronaut Ilan Ramon, born on this day in 1954. Ramon was aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003 when it exploded upon reentry into the Earth, killing all crew members on board.Ramon and his family made invaluable contributions to Israel and to social causes. May his memory be a blessing.

Photo (C) NASA

World Jewish Congress

[rickhusband]

Although this week is always a sad one as we remember the sacrifices of the fallen astronauts, here’s a happy picture of the STS-107 crew celebrating their upcoming mission. I always prefer to celebrate the astronauts’ lives and their accomplishments while they were alive, instead of focusing on the tragedy of the day. I think many in the space community feel the same way.