Editing Ilan Ramon (section)

{{Short description|Israeli fighter pilot and astronaut (1954–2003)}}
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{{Infobox astronaut
| native_name   = {{Nobold|אילן רמון}}
| native_name_lang = he
| image         = Ilan Ramon, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg
| caption       = Ramon in 2001
| type          = [[Israeli Space Agency|ISA astronaut]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1954|06|20}}
| birth_name    = Ilan Wolfferman
| birth_place   = [[Ramat Gan]], Israel
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2003|02|01|1954|06|20}}
| death_place   = {{nowrap|over [[Texas]] and [[Louisiana]], U.S.}}
| death_cause   = [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]]
| status        = <!--Do not add anything relating to his death. This parameter is only applicable to current and former astronauts who are still alive.-->
| previous_occupation = [[Fighter pilot]]
| alma_mater    = [[Tel Aviv University]] ([[B. S.|BSc]])
| rank          = [[Colonel]], [[Israeli Air Force]]
| selection     = [[List of astronauts by selection#1996|1996 NASA Group]]
| time          = 15d 22h 20m
| mission       = [[STS-107]]
| insignia      = [[Image:STS-107 Flight Insignia.svg|30px]]
| awards        = {{indented plainlist|
* [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]]
* [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]]
}}
}}

'''Ilan Ramon'''  ({{langx|he|אילן רמון}}; {{IPA|he|(ʔ)iˈlan ʁaˈmon|pron}}, born '''Ilan Wolfferman''' ({{lang|he|אילן וולפרמן}}); June 20, 1954 &ndash; February 1, 2003)<ref name="Stone20032">{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Tanya Lee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a8G9I_a2s9oC&pg=PA10|title=Ilan Ramon: Israel's First Astronaut|date=October 1, 2003|publisher=Kar-Ben Publishing|isbn=978-0-7613-2888-9|page=10|access-date=May 26, 2011}}</ref> was an [[Israel|Israeli]] [[fighter pilot]] and later the first Israeli [[astronaut]]. He served as a [[Space Shuttle]] payload specialist on [[STS-107]], the fatal mission of ''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]'', in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|disintegrated during re-entry]]. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew. He is the only foreign recipient of the United States [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]], which was awarded posthumously.<ref>{{Cite web |title=On This Day: Israel's Ilan Ramon dies in Columbia space shuttle disaster |url=https://www.jpost.com/science/article-695143 |access-date=January 21, 2023 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}</ref>