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Last update - 05:29 29/01/2008 Israel to NASA: Ready to provide first astronaut since Columbia disaster By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, astronaut, Ilan Ramon  Israel would like to send another astronaut to participate in an expedition by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Benny Elon, chairman of the Knesset Science and Technology Committee, told members of a NASA delegation visiting Israel. NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Michael Lopez-Alegria, who were members of the agency's 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), attended the committee's meeting yesterday commemorating five years since the fatal mission of Columbia, where the first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon and six other crew members were killed in a re-entry accident over Texas on February 1, 2003. The meeting was also attended by Ramon's widow, Rona, astronaut Gerhard Thiele, and NASA scientist Nagin Cox. Advertisement During their six-day visit, the NASA staff will take part in the third international conference on space in Herzliya, visit high schools, and meet with President Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. They are also scheduled to visit Israel's universities and leading scientific institutions. Science and Culture Minister Raleb Majadele said that the main national task facing the State of Israel is attracting some 3,500 Israeli-born scientists and researchers who left Israel to return, together with some 20,000 high-tech professionals living abroad. The delegation is scheduled to visit Nazareth on Thursday, after attending the Ramon family's commemoration service. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Pride of Shas Shas MK: Gays are causing Israeli society to self-destruct. In bad taste Local Jewish group protests 'Holocaust float' at Rio Carnival.   1.   Need Another Sever Astronauts 11:09  |  SJ 29/01/08   2.   Send Kadima to the moon. 11:56  |  Stephen. 29/01/08   3.   So Israel is paying billions towards space research 13:49  |  Paul Wood 29/01/08   4.   It is written if you go space I (God) will bring you down 13:57  |  Mordi 29/01/08   5.   Re #4 so where is it written? 18:57  |  DJStahl 30/01/08

Today Online Winograd panel said 'shocked' over IDF wartime performance Responses: 111 Amira Hass: Finally, there's a popular uprising in Gaza Responses: 42 UN envoy: Gaza women feel coerced into covering heads Responses: 66 Ahmadinejad tells West: Accept Israel's 'imminent collapse' Responses: 137 High Court okays cutting fuel and power to Gaza Responses: 47 Rosner's Domain The Jewish vote in Florida (What To Read) Lieberman: Why McCain's the man for Israel-lovers New Guest: Diaspora Jews need to be heard on Jerusalem. Two days before the Florida primary, Rudy seeks solace in football McCain using support for Israel to court Jews - and Christians More Headlines 19:02 Winograd: Decison to approve final ground op was essential, but it 'did not achieve military goals' 17:55 PMO: War report backs decision to launch final IDF ground op 18:59 ANALYSIS: IDF has already learnt lessons of Second Lebanon War 17:13 High Court okays reducing fuel and power supply to Gaza Strip 16:57 Democrat John Edwards to say quitting U.S. presidential race 15:32 Schools closed, rescue personnel on alert in snowy Jerusalem 10:40 Report: Egypt thwarts suicide terror attack against Israel 12:41 Ahmadinejad tells West: Accept Israel's 'imminent collapse' 22:54 European Jewish leader: World Jews should have say in Israeli politics 16:00 Abbas rejects talks with Hamas on control over Gaza-Egypt border 10:34 Fallen soldier's father blames himself for son's death in Lebanon war 08:46 PM's camp pressures Labor to stay in coalition post-Winograd 08:59 Libya rescinds bid for UN condemnation of Israeli blockade on Gaza Previous Editions Select Day 29 jan 28 jan 27 jan 25 jan 24 jan 23 jan 22 jan 21 jan 20 jan 18 jan 17 jan 16 jan

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