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hard to represent not only Israel but
every Jew in the world."
Reisman has asked Ramon's widow,
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Rona, if there was anything she would
like him to take into space.
s Jews around the world
"Ilan flew a copy of the Israeli
prepare for Passover, the
Declaration of Independence," Reisman.
festival of freedom, one
"It was a scroll, and he kind of played
adventurous soul is experiencing
with it in orbit, and they have video
emancipation in a most literal fashion. of that. She gave me another copy so I
In his new abode aboard the
can kind of have the same experience
International Space Station, NASA
with it up in orbit, and then I intend to
astronaut Garrett Reisman has slipped return it to her when I get back!"
the bonds of gravity and won't return
Reisman also is flying a cloth with
to Earth's shackles for two months.
the symbol of the State of Israel signed
Reisman, 40, a mechanical engineer
by President Shimon Peres.
from Parsippany, N.J., is the first Jewish
Reisman's Passover in space will
astronaut to live on the orbital outpost, be spent getting to know Russian
a multinational complex that has been crewmates Sergey Volkov and Oleg
under construction for 10 years.
Kononenko. The cosmonauts will
For this Passover, living in weight-
replace space station commander
lessness will require adaptation on his Peggy Whitson and flight engineer
part. For example, matzah is out —
Yuri Malenchenko, who depart on
the crumbs would be uncontainable.
April 19, the first night of Passover.
Shortly before Reisman launched
Reisman's Russian is stronger than
aboard the shuttle Endeavour March
his Hebrew — he made it through cos-
11 he was asked about spending
monaut training without a translator
Passover in space.
and took his exams in Russian as well.
"I haven't really thought that much
But his Jewish heritage comes
about that:' he said. Reisman did spend through, too. When one of his Shuttle
time planning how to honor Israel's
Endeavour colleagues asked about the
first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who died
camera view during a spacewalk last
in the 2003 Shuttle Columbia disaster.
month, Reisman quipped, "The cam-
Following the tragedy, Reisman was era work is great. We're going to have
given the choice of helping the investi- you shoot my cousin's bar mitzvah."
gation or providing emotional support
Soon the space station will have
to Ramon's family. He chose the latter.
another mark of Jewish contribu-
"It was so incredibly tragic:' he said
tions to space exploration: Reisman's
during a visit to Israel. "Ilan had a
replacement, Jewish astronaut Gregory
great sense of humor and worked very Chamitoff, is bringing two mezuzot.
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