A plaque honoring the ill-fated Columbia Space Shuttle crew, including Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, is affixed to the Mars exploration vehicle Spirit. A Web site for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory carries a black-and-white photo from Mars of the exploratory vehicle that landed last weekend, showing the plaque honoring the Columbia seven.
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