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President Isaac Herzog addresses the 18th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, held in Tel Aviv as part of Israel Space Week, Jan. 31, 2023. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Herzog: Mankind must soar to ‘new heights’ to save Earth from ‘terrifying depths’

The Israeli president attended the 18th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, being held as part of Israel Space Week 2023.

January 31, 2023

A color schematic of the Osirak nuclear facility in Iraq from an Israeli intelligence file, released for publication on June 22, 2021. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry.

40 years after Osirak raid, Israel reveals Ilan Ramon interview, rare intelligence sketches

The Israeli Defense Ministry has released a trove of previously classified documents relating to the 1981 operation as part of a digitization project by the IDF Archive.

Lilach Shoval

June 23, 2021

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Rona Ramon, the wife of the late Ilan Ramon, who died in the 2003 “Columbia” space shuttle explosion. She died in December 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Israel’s highest cultural honor to be awarded posthumously to Rona Ramon

The wife of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who perished in the “Columbia” space shuttle explosion in 2003, died in December after a long battle with cancer.

April 3, 2019

The Ramon International Airport, named in memory of Ilan and Asaf Ramon, near Eilat in southern Israel, Jan. 21, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

First international flights land at new airport in Eilat

The flights were to Poznan, Poland, and round-trip from Prague.

March 5, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony for Ramon Airport near Eilat, Jan. 21, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel inaugurates new international airport in Eilat to boost tourism

Constructed at a cost of some $500 million, it has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.

Ilan Gattegno and Ronit Zilberstein

January 21, 2019

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Rona Ramon, the wife of the late Ilan Ramon, who died in the 2003 “Columbia” space shuttle explosion. She died in December 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Rona Ramon, wife of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, dies

“Rona Ramon has gone from us as she lived among us—noble, clear and full of belief. Ilan and Asaf touched the skies, and Rona touched our hearts,” said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

December 17, 2018

Construction of the new international airport Ramon Airport, which will replace the Eilat airport in southern Israel. Jan. 6, 2016. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

Israel builds ‘world’s highest anti-missile wall’ around new Ramon International Airport

An 85-foot steel wall, cameras and radar equipment affixed to poles at 210 feet, in addition to a 21-mile outer fence, will protect the new Ramon International Airport near Eilat from potential terrorist attacks.

May 18, 2018

A look into "Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit." Credit: Center for Jewish History.

All spaced out: Exhibit boldly goes where Jews go . . . into the final frontier

From Leonard Nimoy to ancient rabbis: “Jews in space” exhibit details a like-minded preoccupation with astronomy and science fiction.

Shiryn Ghermezian

March 1, 2018