Light From Sorrow
As an aerospace writer, I have watched 87 crews slip the bonds of Earth\’s gravity and rocket away into space.
As an aerospace writer, I have watched 87 crews slip the bonds of Earth\’s gravity and rocket away into space.
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.
\”I would like to see my mission as my first one, not my last,\” he added.