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Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope  Full Episode

Learn why Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon brought a Torah scroll on board the shuttle. Details

 

Program: Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope

Episode: Full Episode

From the depths of hell to the heights of space, this documentary tells the compelling, untold story of a crewmember’s determination to fulfill his “mission within a mission” aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Learn how and why a small Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust was entrusted to Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon as he lifted into space on Columbia’s ultimately ill-fated flight.

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Duration: (53:55)
Premiere Date: 01/31/2013
Episode Expires: Mon 01 Feb 2016
TV Rating: NR
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