(Ha'aretz)Nathan Guttman - NASA informed Israeli authorities Wednesday that remains of Colonel Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, have been positively identified. "NASA officially announced that Ilan Ramon, of blessed memory, had been identified, and we can bring him for burial in Israel within a few days," said Air Force Brigadier-General Ronnie Falk, IAF attache in the U.S. "The identification is certain, and was carried out by NASA experts, with the participation of a member of the IDF rabbinate." A funeral service will be held for Ramon in Houston, after which the remains will be flown to Israel for a military burial next week.
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