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Ilan Ramon (June 20, 1954 - February 1, 2003; Hebrew: ?, born Ilan Wolferman) was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and later the first Israeli astronaut. Ramon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, where he and six other crew members were killed in the re-entry accident. Ilan Ramon is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor.