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Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot and astronaut who was selected in 1996 to join NASA's STS-107 mission as a payload specialist. Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut and the oldest member of the STS-107 crew at 48 years old. Tragically, Ramon and the entire 6 person crew were killed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Ramon posthumously received the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, making him the only foreign recipient of this award.

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Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot and astronaut who was selected in 1996 to join NASA's STS-107 mission as a payload specialist. Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut and the oldest member of the STS-107 crew at 48 years old. Tragically, Ramon and the entire 6 person crew were killed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Ramon posthumously received the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, making him the only foreign recipient of this award.

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Ilan Ramon
‫אילן רמון‬

Ilan Ramon, November 2001

Born June 20, 1954

Ramat Gan, Israel

Status Killed during re-entry

Died February 1, 2003 (aged 48)

Over Texas, U.S.

Nationality Israeli

Alma mater Tel Aviv University, B.S. 1987

Space career

ISA astronaut
Previous occupation Fighter pilot

Rank Colonel, Israeli Air Force

Time in space 15d 22h 20m

Selection 1996 NASA Group

Missions STS-107

Mission insignia

Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: ‫;אילן רמון‬ pronounced [(ʔ)iˈlan ʁaˈmon], born Ilan Wolferman; June


20, 1954 – February 1, 2003)[1] was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first
Israeli astronaut. Ramon was a Space Shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal
mission of Columbia, in which he and six other crew members were killed in the re-entry
accident. At 48, he was the oldest member of the crew. Ramon is the only foreign
recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which he was
awarded posthumously.

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