Light From Sorrow
February 6, 2003
As an aerospace writer, I have watched 87 crews slip the bonds of Earth\’s gravity and rocket away into space.
Irene Brown
Space Programs Thriving in Israel
January 9, 2003
The Israeli Post Office issued a stamp in December featuring the country\’s first astronaut, who is scheduled to fly on NASA\’s space shuttle in mid-January.
\”Every time you are the first, it\’s meaningful,\” said Col. Ilan Ramon. Israel will join an elite club of 30 nations that have sent at least one citizen into orbit aboard a U.S. shuttle or a Russian Soyuz capsule. The countries include Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Syria, Costa Rica, South Africa, Poland, Afghanistan and Cuba.
Where No Israeli Has Gone Before
July 18, 2002
\”I would like to see my mission as my first one, not my last,\” he added.
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