Asaf Ramon

Grapevine July 15, 2026: A tribute to her father

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Sir Joshua Hassan CBE, MVO, QC, JP, Chief Minister of Gibraltar at his desk.
Winners of the 2022 Ramon Price.

15 outstanding Israeli high school students receive Ramon Award

The recipients of the award receive a stipend in recognition of their voluntary activism and initiative in their communities.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Space shuttle Columbia Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, during training on the operation of an M113 armored personnel carrier during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, December 18, 2002.

On this day in 2003: Ilan Ramon dies aboard Columbia Space Shuttle

Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, was killed along with the rest of his crew when the space shuttle disintegrated upon reentering the Earth's atmosphere.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The three Ramon children, Tal, Noa and Yiftach, join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Israel Katz and Israel Airports Authority CEO Yaakov Ganot in cutting a red ribbon at the inauguration of the Ramon Airport on January 21, 2019

Ilan Ramon’s life and death: The legacy of a luminary

“He was cool-headed, modest, sort of a humble hero, not like most macho, Top Gun flyers."

|ByALAN ABBEY

Airport honoring Ilan and Assaf Ramon ready for take off

The Ramon Airport is set to handle up to two million passengers a year upon opening with expansion allowing capacity of up to 4.2 million passengers by the year 2030.

JANUARY 20, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Rona Ramon and Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz at the Ilan and Assaf Ramon Airport, under construction in the Timna Valley

Grapevine: Inspiring in life and in death

Rona Ramon established a relationship with current President Reuven Rivlin, whom she asked to give the address for the laying of the Beit Assaf cornerstone in memory of her son last September.

DECEMBER 20, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Rona Ramon

A woman of valor: Rona Ramon dies at age 54

Rona Ramon was also the driving force behind the annual Ilan Ramon International Space Conference.

DECEMBER 18, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Rona Ramon speaks at The Jerusalem Post conference