Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 2003.
1Flight
15d 22hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-107January 16, 2003
Born 1954-06-20 · died 2003-02-01