Rabbi Zvi Konikov delivers the invocation at NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Konikov recalled his relationship with Ramon, who crewed the doomed Columbia on Jan. 16, 2003—20 years ago—and described what he says amounts to Ramon’s legacy.
Ilan Ramon’s Rabbi Honors Columbia at Space Center Ceremony
Standing alongside NASA officials, astronauts, dignitaries and family members last week, Rabbi Zvi Konikov, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Space and Treasure Coasts in Central Florida, mourned the tragic losses of the astronauts aboard the Apollo 1, the Challenger and the Columbia, and recalled his personal friendship with Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon.
