Colonel Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut - San Antonio, TX, USA - Dedicated Trees on Waymarking.com

In San Antonio, TX, near Lackland AFB, there is an olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Ramon, who died along with all his other crew members when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated and burned during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003. The space shuttle Columbia had its left wing damaged during liftoff of its space mission STS-107 and this proved fatal for the crew upon their re-entry. Colonel Ilan Ramon was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force and was Israel's first astronaut. He is also the only foreign recipient of the U.S. Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Col. Ramon kept a diary during the mission STS-107 fight and miraculously, portions of its completed pages were found, having somehow survived the 37-mile fiery fall and having been fortunately found by search crews looking for debris from the crash (2). This dedicated tree is part of the Galilee Prayer Garden that was "dedicated on March 28, 1999 as a sanctuary of prayer, worship and praise," according to the plaque on one of the boulders in this prayer garden. The memorial to Col. Ilan Ramon is located along the short circular pathway around the pond shaped to scale of the Sea of Galilee near 6610 HWY 90 West, San Antonio, TX 78227. The tree is in the northeast corner of the prayer garden, close to the San Antonio 9/11 Memorial that is across the street (Old Castroville Rd) from this monument to Col. Ramon. Supplemental resources: (1) (visit link) (2) (visit link)

Location of the tree: Located in the Galilee Prayer Garden, across the street from the San Antonio 9/11 Memorial, located near 6610 HWY 90 West, San Antonio, TX 78227 Type of tree: Olive Tree

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