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Columbia disaster panel at the Technion International Space University, 31/7/16. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

"Even if the chance was low, an attempt should have been made to save the members of the Columbia team"

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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

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at the Ilan Ramon Space Conference, Herzliya, January 2010

Live Broadcasting – The Eight Ilan Ramon Annual International Space Conference

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The late Ilan Ramon puts on the space suit during training, 2002. Photo: NASA

Ten years since the Columbia disaster - from the book The Crash: Chapter 6: The good ones to fly

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From a fuel tank belonging to the shuttle Columbia that was discovered in July 2011 in Lake Nagadoshes in East Texas. Photo: Nacogdoches Police Department

More than eight years after the disaster, a fuel tank belonging to the Columbia shuttle was discovered

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A telescope photograph of the shuttle Columbia on its last flight

Why is the space shuttle era ending?

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Prof. Douglas Osheroff, 1996 Nobel Prize laureate in physics. From Wikipedia

If they had listened to Feynman in the Challenger, the Columbia disaster would not have happened

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The late Ilan Ramon puts on the space suit during training, 2002. Photo: NASA

NASA feared an Al Qaeda attack on the space shuttle Columbia in 2003

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

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

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The cities of light hidden from view

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The late Yosef Yosef was one of the most senior climate scientists in the world

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Original pages from Ilan Ramon's diary are on display at the Israel Museum

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The detailed interview given by the late Ilan Ramon to the Hidan website, about six months before the disaster

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Prof. Ze'ev Levin, at the global warming conference: how the dust grains that reach us from Chad affect the rainfall

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The Columbia Disaster: Lessons, Meanings, and Question Marks on the Future of the US Space Program

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Red elves in the sky of Israel

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Exclusive: Dr. Yoav Yair: Lightning 'talks' to each other from a distance of hundreds of kilometers

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The director of the investigative committee: NASA did not internalize the lessons of the Challenger and that is why the Columbia disaster occurred

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

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

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Impressions from a conference: "No place is too far" A meeting to commemorate the late Col. Ilan Ramon

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

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

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

An image deciphered two years later reveals that the crew of the shuttle Columbia captured a "Tiger" in the Indian Ocean

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Final: The foam that hit the "Columbia" wing caused it to crash

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NASA is afraid to participate in an Israeli conference because of the situation

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NASA: We have changed since the crash * Bush: Space flights will continue (update)

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

An Israeli experiment conducted on the "Columbia" ferry - returned to Israel

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The flight deck of Columbia, minutes before the disaster. Photo: NASA

Flight to the future

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Dig into Mars to look for life

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

One of Columbia's black boxes was found - which records the pressure and vibration data

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80 percent of the data in most of the Israeli experiments were saved * The oblique vision experiment was lost

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The experiments on Columbia showed the effect of smoke on the clouds, Yehoyachin Yosef: the experiment was successful

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Colombia and Ilan Ramon: the middle of the journey

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

An update from Tel Aviv University on the elves photographed by Ramon

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Red elves in the sky

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Ramon's flight - a compilation of news from the evening hours

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TV reviews of Ilan Ramon's launch

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Colombia enters the routine of the first day; Ramon and his friends start experiments (24:00)

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A big part of the shuttle mission: paid experiments

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Update Friday 1:09 am - Ramon in the 30th lap

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Daniel Rosenberg from the Orbit Association: We must continue Israeli involvement in space

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Update: 20:20 the ferry on the second lap - the movie "Mission 107" at 22:15 on channel 2

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The shuttle will check dust particles, flashes of light, culture bacteria - and grow blue-white crystals

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NASA: Colobemia will be launched as scheduled on 16/1

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon says that space unites, not separates

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The scientific monthly for youth "Rosh Gadol" is published in a special issue for the flight of the Israeli astronaut

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Ilan Ramon's flight - the countdown is on

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Despite the Israeli astronaut - the security procedures were not tightened

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The Israeli astronaut will investigate the effects of dust on the climate of the Mazat

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Ramon's flight was postponed to January 2003

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The Israeli astronaut trusts the security arrangements at NASA

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