Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon is an astronaut from Israel affiliated with the government agency Israeli Space Agency, embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Ilan Ramon (born June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut for NASA.
Ramon was the 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.
- Date of Birth: 06/20/1954
- Date of Death: 02/01/2003
- Status: Lost In Flight
- First Flight: 01/16/2003
- Last Flight: 01/16/2003
- In Space: No
