[DOC] [TLE] Ramon family tragedy / How Ilan Ramon's space flight ended in ... [PAR] Ramon was one of seven crew members killed when Columbia disintegrated ... 
of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon, victim of the 2003 Columbia space shuttle 
explosion. ... A large Israeli contingent was on hand to watch the country's first 
astronaut ... Ilan's brother Gadi left a sealed letter aboard the Columbia - his 
brother... [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia [PAR] Ilan Ramon. Inquiries, Columbia Accident Investigation Board. The Space Shuttle 
Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when Columbia ... Payload 
Specialist: Ilan Ramon, a colonel in the Israeli Air Force and the first Israeli 
astronaut. ...... On October 28, 2003, the names of the astronauts were added to 
the Space... [DOC] [TLE] Ilan Ramon - Wikipedia [PAR] Ilan Ramon 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 
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born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to Tonya (19292003) and Eliezer Wolferman... [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Disintegrates; Seven Astronauts Killed | Fox News [PAR] Feb 1, 2003 ... Space Shuttle Columbia blew up and disintegrated in flames over ... killing all 
seven astronauts aboard and scattering debris over four ... Published February 
01, 2003 ... "great sadness" to the country, and that "our entire nation grieves." ... 
Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, was among the crew members. [DOC] [TLE] FactsOfIsrael.com: Israeli Astronaut takes with him into space a ... [PAR] in explosion of space shuttle Columbia (2/1/03) ... to allow Colonel Ilan Ramon, 
the country's first astronaut, to cast his ballot aboard the space shuttle Columbia, 
.... Congratulations on Ilan Ramon becoming the first Israeli astronaut in space. 
.... I am so sad about the death of Ilan Ramon, one of the greatest heroes of Israel
. [DOC] [TLE] The dramatic last moments of crew killed on Columbia space shuttle ... [PAR] Jan 2, 2009 ... The chaotic final moments of the doomed space shuttle Columbia have been ... 
David Brown, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon ... 
Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida prior to the accident in 2003 .... China's 
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Colonel Ilan Ramon was an Israeli Air Force combat pilot and the first Israeli 
astronaut to .... 7 astronauts killed in the US Columbia space shuttle tragedy Feb 
1, 2003. ..... Ilan Ramon aboard the space shuttle Columbia during mission STS-
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that was the first time the United States had actually lost a space vehicle .... Clark; 
and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, from the Israel Space Agency. [DOC] [TLE] NASA Watch: Columbia Archives [PAR] Jan 28, 2015 ... The entire country had been waiting for Columbia to return, and Ayalon said, ... 
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Ramon, son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon, has applied to the Israel Air .... 
crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, lost Feb. 1, 2003. [DOC] [TLE] Columbia: The Shuttle Tragedy I - CNN.com - Transcripts [PAR] Aired February 1, 2003 - 20:00 ET ... These are the flaps in the rear portion of the 
space shuttle Columbia. ... officials say not to worry, though, about crew members 
still aboard the international space station. ... and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, 
seated down on the mid-deck. ..... Ilan Ramon was his country's first astronaut. [DOC] [TLE] SEVEN SCIENTISTS: AN EDGE OBSEQUY FOR

Question: Sadly, this country's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, died aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 2003
Answer: Israel