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Astronaut's diary goes on display in Jerusalem

By SHAWNA OHM , Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration
Yigal Zalmona a curator at the Israel Museum displays pages from the diary of Ilan Ramon an Israeli astronaut who died in the fatal mission of space shuttle Columbia in Jerusalem Sunday Sept. 28 2008. Pages from the Israeli astronauts diary that surv ...
Yigal Zalmona, a curator at the Israel Museum, displays pages from the diary of Ilan Ramon, an Israeli astronaut who died in the fatal mission of space shuttle Columbia, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. Pages from the Israeli astronaut\'s diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display starting Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 in Jerusalem. The diary belonged to Ramon, Israel\'s first astronaut and one of seven crew members killed when Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry into the atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Rachael Strecher)

(AP) -- Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first time in Jerusalem.




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