Mezuzah in Space

By Aaron Shaffier

You may have heard that Israeli Astronaut, Ilan Ramon took a Mezuzah and other Jewish items with him into space on the the fatal mission of Columbia in 2003. Now Jewish Astronaut, Gregory Chamitoff is planning on affixing a Mezuzah to the door post leading to his quarters on the shuttle Discovery. Read more here...

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