Ilan Ramon(Sam)

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  • Born

    Ilan Ramon was born on june 20,1954

  • Bombed

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

    Space

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

  • he flew

    Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut on the Space Shuttle Columbia

  • died

    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.