Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope

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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.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
2/17/2013
6 p.m.
2/23/2013
4 a.m.
1/21/2016
8 p.m.
1/22/2016
2 a.m.
1/24/2016
4 p.m.
1/25/2016
3 a.m.
1/28/2016
2 p.m.
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