Ilan Ramon, astronaut killed during the failed re-entry of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

The crew of the final ill-fated flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia, mission STS-107, in October 2001. This is the official crew photograph from mission STS-107 on the Space Shuttle Columbia. From left to right are mission specialist David Brown, commander Rick Husband, mission specialist Laurel Clark, mission specialist Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist Michael Anderson, pilot William McCool, and Israeli payload specialist Ilan Ramon. All were killed when the shuttle disintegrated over Texas in February 2003.

Official portrait of astronaut Ilan Ramon, (Colonel, Israel Air Force), payload specialist representing the Israeli Space Agency (ISA)

The STS-107 crew, clockwise from top: Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla, Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Laurel Clark and David Brown, Pilot Willie McCool, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon and Payload Commander Michael Anderson.

כיכר אילן רמון (הידועה גם בתור כיכר הקריה/הסיטי/השפיץ) ברובע הקריה ("הסיטי") באשדוד

Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, photographed aboard the space shuttle Columbia during shuttle mission STS-107. Ramon, along with the rest of the Columbia's crew, was killed when the shuttle broke up during re-entry.

Ilan Ramon STS-107 payload specialist with the Israeli 'Chemical Garden' experiment.

אבן זיכרון לזכר אילן רמון ביער קדימה

Ilan Ramon, STS-107 payload specialist and the first Israeli astronaut, during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 2002. NASA's caption gives no exact day.

Ilan Ramon, STS-107 payload specialist representing the Israeli Space Agency, floats in a small life raft during an emergency egress training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center, 13 November 2002. Ramon is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.