What is Ilan Ramon?
[[File:Ilan Ramon, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg|thumb|Ilan Ramon]] [[Colonel]] '''Ilan Ramon''' ({{lang-he|אילן רמון}}, born '''Ilan Wolferman'''; June 20, 1954 - February 1, 2003) was an [[Israel]]i [[Israeli Air Force|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 [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|Israeli independence]]. Ramon was married to activist [[Rona Ramon]]. ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Ilan Ramon}} * [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/ramon.html Official biography at NASA] * [http://www.jewishbrevard.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/632846/jewish/Ilan-Ramon-Columbia.htm Photo of Ilan Ramon with Chabad Rabbi Zvi Konikov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314154206/http://www.jewishbrevard.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/632846/jewish/Ilan-Ramon-Columbia.htm |date=2008-03-14 }} * [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-107/memorial/ramon.html Ilan Ramon STS-107 Crew Memorial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115070313/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-107/memorial/ramon.html |date=2008-01-15 }} * [https://www.science.co.il/Ilan-Ramon/ Ilan Ramon Memorial pages in the Israel Science and Technology Directory] * [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/ramon_ilan.htm Spacefacts biography of Ilan Ramon] * [http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/israeldiary/Ilan_Ramons_Diary.asp Excerpts from Ilan Ramon's diary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217173424/http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/israeldiary/Ilan_Ramons_Diary.asp |date=2012-02-17 }} * {{Find a Grave|7135431}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramon, Ilan}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Astronauts]] [[Category:Aviation deaths]] [[Category:Aviators]] [[Category:Israeli colonels]] [[Category:Israeli Jews]] [[Category:Jewis