In this Feb. 10, 2003 file photo, Rona Ramon, widow, right, and Assaf Ramon, left, eldest son of Israel’s first astronaut Ilan Ramon, pay their respects beside his coffin during a memorial service at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv. Ramon, a 48 year old air force colonel, died with six other astronauts aboard NASA’s Columbia space shuttle, which was destroyed as it came through the Earth’s atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003. Assaf wears his father’s NASA flight jacket. Assaf Ramon grew up to become an Israeli Air Force pilot like his father. He was killed when his fighter jet crashed during a training exercise in 2009. He was 21.
Paul Hanna, File
Associated Press