Ilan Ramon

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative - opinion

Trump's executive order underscores that space is no longer a peripheral arena; it is a central pillar of national power

A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 1, 2025.
NASA ASTRONAUT Garrett Reisman with one of the two winning classes at the Ramon Foundation Space Week event — a SpaceINT program class from David Tuviyahu Comprehensive School in Be’er Sheva.

Ramon Foundation hosts children’s event marking Space Week

Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel shakes hands with Meredith McKay, NASA’s deputy administrator for international relations.

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

 ILAN RAMON in front of an F16 aircraft.

This week in Jewish history: Israel's first astronaut, invention of cardioverter-defibrillator


Jewish-American astronaut Jessica Meir addresses TAU

“Israel is a very important part of me,” Meir said, mentioning the personal items she brought to the International Space Station, such as an Israeli flag and Hanukkah socks.

Jessica Meir prepares to be submerged in NASA's 6.2 million gallon Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory for spacewalk training.

Ilan Ramon, Israel’s 1st astronaut, and the meaning of life

As a 23-year-old fighter pilot, Ramon was pondering his purpose in the world. A professor offered insight.

ASTRONAUT ILAN RAMON IN NASA PORTRAIT 370

IDF releases new footage of Ilan Ramon discussing Operation Opera

The former fighter pilot and astronaut discussed the connection between the strike, his mother who survived the Holocaust and his mission to space.

Portait of Ilan Ramon standing in front of an F16 aircraft.

The dramatic diaries of Ilan and Asaf Ramon - book review

Once Ramon was in space, the impending disaster added pathos to the diary entries and emails, many of which expressed Ramon’s desire for his wife and his devoted and thoughtful fatherhood.

saf and Ilan Ramon holding an astronaut’s helmet in a photo taken at NASA

Who is Israel’s next astronaut?

A colleague of Ilan Ramon, former IAF pilot Eytan Stibbe aims high.

Eytan Stibbe shakes hands with Bob Cabana, director of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center and a former astronaut

Grapevine May 12, 2021: Wars and conquests

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN greets Nadia Cohen, the widow of Israeli spy Eli Cohen, at the President’s Residence in 2018. On the left is former Mossad head Tamir Pardo.

Nasa, Israel's US Embassy hold memorial for Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon

"Research of the universe and trips through space are not only fascinating... but are opening doors - and universes -to help better humanity."

Israel's Embassy in the United States and NASA held a virtual memorial event for Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon.

Israel’s second astronaut - the dawn of a new tomorrow

Astronaut Eytan Stibbe will fly to the International Space Station in 2021.

Eytan Stibbe at the President’s Residence

From fighter pilot to astronaut, meet Eitan Stibbe

Stibbe was a close friend of the late Ilan Ramon, and was one of the founders of the Ramon Foundation in his honor.

Eitan Stibbe

Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir talks about her experience with Ilan Ramon

Meir had just started her career when the Colombia Space Shuttle disaster occurred.

NASA astronauts hold press conference from International Space Station