Ilan Ramon

Colonel Ilan Ramon (, born Ilan Wolferman; June 20, 1954 - February 1, 2003) was an Israeli air force pilot and the only Israeli astronaut. He was a member of the STS-107 mission crew and he died during Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. 

His mother was a Holocaust survivor (at Auschwitz concentration camp) and his father fought for Israeli independence. Ramon was married to activist Rona Ramon.

Other websites

 Official biography at NASA
 Photo of Ilan Ramon with Chabad Rabbi Zvi Konikov 
 Ilan Ramon STS-107 Crew Memorial 
 Ilan Ramon Memorial pages in the Israel Science and Technology Directory
 Spacefacts biography of Ilan Ramon
 Excerpts from Ilan Ramon's diary 


Category:1954 births
Category:2003 deaths
Category:Astronauts
Category:Aviation deaths
Category:Aviators
Category:Israeli colonels
Category:Israeli Jews
Category:Jewish military people
Category:Tel Aviv University alumni