Ilan 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.
A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 1, 2025.

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative - opinion

Trump's executive order underscores that space is no longer a peripheral arena; it is a central pillar of national power

|ByHILLA HADDAD CHMELNIK
NASA ASTRONAUT Garrett Reisman with one of the two winning classes at the Ramon Foundation Space Week event — a SpaceINT program class from David Tuviyahu Comprehensive School in Be’er Sheva.

Ramon Foundation hosts children’s event marking Space Week

The Ramon Foundation, established in honor of first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, aims to advance space education and industry throughout Israel.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel shakes hands with Meredith McKay, NASA’s deputy administrator for international relations.

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

The deal will anchor joint projects with NASA until 2035, and is designed to expand already close cooperation on flagship projects.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir talks about her experience with Ilan Ramon

Meir had just started her career when the Colombia Space Shuttle disaster occurred.

JUNE 5, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
NASA astronauts hold press conference from International Space Station

Grapevine February 5, 2020: She missed the party

A roundup of news from around Israel.

FEBRUARY 4, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, with Uganda Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda and his wife, Jocelyn.

Exclusive: Two iconic American astronauts talk Earth, Mars and outer space

Maariv reporter Stav Namer shares her exclusive interviews with Garrett Erin Reisman and Sandra Hall Magnus with The Jerusalem Post.

AUGUST 13, 2019ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Mission Specialist Sandra Magnus (L) and Mission Specialist Rex Waldheim of the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 crew exit their quarters for travel to launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 8, 2011. The 12-day mission to the International Space Station is the last

What's the connection between Ilan Ramon's diary, Dead Sea Scrolls?

The Israel Museum’s new exhibit connects the unlikely story of the biblical character Enoch and Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon.

MAY 30, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Michael Maggen separating the pages in the Israel Museum laboratory

Rona Ramon awarded posthumous Israel Prize

Education Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday the late Ramon was “a hero of Israel in terms of generosity and light. “

APRIL 2, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Rona Ramon speaks at The Jerusalem Post conference

SpaceIL and IAI to carry national anthem, flag and prayers to Moon

Time capsule to carry Israel’s Declaration of Independence, the prayer of “Tefilat Haderech,” the Bible, the Israeli flag, maps of the State of Israel and the national anthem.

FEBRUARY 21, 2019ByYAFIT OVADIA
The Space IL lunar spacecraft 'Beresheet'

Now boarding

The Ramon Airport was opened last month. We had a look at the flights departing from Ben-Gurion Airport, some of which are slated to take off from the new airport in the future.

FEBRUARY 7, 2019ByYAIR ASSAF-SHAPIRA
Weekly Departures from Ben-Gurion Airport

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."

FEBRUARY 6, 2019ByALAN ABBEY
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

American astronaut visiting Israel for Space Week

"From space we do not see the earth with political borders," said Kelly, who holds the record for most space flights for an American astronaut.

JANUARY 27, 2019ByBEN BRESKY
American astronaut Scott Kelly and Minister of Science and Technology Ofir Akunis at the opening of Space Week

'Space Week' launches in Israel next week

The theme of this year's "Space Week" will be to commemorate 50 years since man first landed on the moon.

JANUARY 22, 2019ByYAFIT OVADIA
Israel Museum during Space Week