Ramon, Ilan
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| born on | 20 June 1954 | ||||
| Place | Tel Aviv, Israel, 32n04, 34e46 | ||||
| Timezone | EEDT h3e (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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| Astrology data | 28°30'
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Biography
Israeli astronaut: Ilan Ramon was a Colonel in Israel Air Forceand Payload Specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.;The space vehicle broke up upon reentry on 2/01/2003 starting approximately 7:53 AM CST, over California to Texas. All seven astronauts were lost.
He graduated as a fighter pilot from Israel Air Force Flight School in 1974 and earned a Bachelor's degree in electronics and computer engineering from the University of Tel Aviv in 1987. In 1980, he became one of first Israeli pilots training to fly F-16s. Promoted to colonel in 1994, from 1994-1998, he was assigned as head of operational requirement for weapon development and acquisition. He was married, with four children.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Anderson, Michael P. (born 25 December 1959)
- associate relationship with Brown, David M. (born 16 April 1956)
- associate relationship with Chawla, Kalpana (born 1 July 1961)
- associate relationship with Clark, Laurel B. (born 10 March 1961)
- associate relationship with Husband, Rick Douglas (born 12 July 1957)
- associate relationship with McCool, William C. (born 23 September 1961)
- compare to chart of Space: Columbia #STS 107 (born 1 February 2003)
Events
- Social : End a program of study 1974 (Israel Air Force Flight School)
- Work : Begin Major Project 1980 (Pilot flying the F-16's)
- Social : End a program of study 1987 (B.A. in engineering, University of Tel Aviv)
- Work : Gain social status 1994 (Promoted to colonel)
- Work : New Job 1994 (Head of operational requirement for weapon development and acquisition)
- Work : Begin Major Project 16 January 2003 at 10:39 AM in Cape Canaveral, FL (Launch of Columbia, 16-day mission)
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- Death by Accident 1 February 2003 at 07:53 AM (Space Shuttle Columbia explosion, age 48)
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Source Notes
Contributed by Pat Esclavon Hardy, Tampa, FL, citing NASA and CNN news sources
Categories
- Personal : Death : Accidental (Reentry breakup, explosion of space shuttle)
- Vocation : Military : Military career (Israel Air Force colonel)
- Vocation : Travel : Astronaut (Space Shuttle Columbia)
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military

28°30'