Ilan Ramon(Sam)

Born

Jun 20, 1954

Ilan Ramon was born on june 20,1954

Bombed

Mar 13, 1981

Ramon was the youngest pilot in the Israeli squad that bombed the Iraq nuclear reactor in 1981.

Space

Mar 13, 1997

In 1997, he was chosen to fly on the Columbia mission.

he flew

Jan 16, 2003

Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut on the Space Shuttle Columbia

died

Feb 1, 2003

The seven astronauts died on February 1, 2003, when Columbia broke apart during reentry into the atmosphere over Texas on its way to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.