Rona Ramon z”l, aged 54, wife of Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, passed away Monday from cancer. For further background, please see the story, here:
United With Israel Staff. “Israel Mourns Death of Roma Ramon, Widow of Late Israeli Astronaut for NASA”. unitedwithisrael.org; December 18, 2018:
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israel-mourns-death-of-roma-ramon-wife-of-first-israel-astronaut/
In recent news, an Israeli NGO, SPACEIL, will shortly launch, via Elon Musk’s SPACEX company, a spacecraft destined for the moon. Read more, here:
United With Israel Staff. “Israel to Launch its First Mission to the Moon”. unitedwithisrael.org; July 10, 2018:
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israel-to-launch-its-first-mission-to-the-moon/
See video, here:
(https://youtu.be/rD11s3RcadQ)
Here is a biography on Ilan Ramon from Wikipedia, accessed December 18, 2018:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Ramon