Space Shuttle Columbia

NASA Deputy Administrator Bob Cabana at the 18th Ilan Ramon Conference, January 31, 2023. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

NASA senior Bob Cavanagh assesses in an interview with the science website: the Columbia disaster could have been avoided if the lessons of the Challenger had been learned and the warnings had been heeded

The deputy director of NASA added, "It is important that we create an environment where people feel free to speak." The interview took place during the 18th Ilan Ramon Space Conference in Tel Aviv.
Astronaut Gert Reisman at the 13th Ilan Ramon Space Conference held in Tel Aviv on 29/1/19 eulogizes Rona Ramon. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

"Rona Ramon completed Ilan's educational task"

The late Ilan Ramon on the Columbia shuttle, on flight STS-107. Photo: NASA

Kol Israel: Israel is in talks to launch a second astronaut

After his return to Israel, Ilan Ramon (first bottom right) was supposed to educate the children of Israel in the love of science and their closeness to the fields of technology

Ilan Ramon - a decade of the ferry disaster

A telescope photograph of the shuttle Columbia on its last flight

Why is the space shuttle era ending?

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boundaries and environment

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New details about the last moments of the Columbia crew members' lives

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The Air Force must take on the development of space systems

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Remember Ilan Ramon

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About the 2006 Israel Space and Science Conference

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NASA remembers the astronauts who died in the line of duty

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Towards launch: concentration of ferry flights that were of special interest

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Two years after Columbia, the sky is clearing for NASA

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The space shuttle "Columbia" accident - a correct summary review for the beginning of 2005

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Ilan Ramon, the exhibition

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Scientific conferences in memory of Ilan Ramon