Timeline: Ilan Ramon | Timetoast

Jun 20, 1954

Date of birth

Ilan ramon was born in june 20 1954 in Ramat Gan to Tonia and Eliezer Wallferman.
Aug 1, 1972

Army service

Inducted to air force as Pilot, served in Commanding positions and participate in wars.
Jan 1, 1986

Bachelor's degree

Receive bachelor's degree in electronics engineering in Tel Aviv university
Period: Jan 1, 1988 to Jan 1, 1990

Returned to army service

Served as Deputy Squadron Commander A, 119 Squadron, flying the F-4 Phantom (1988–90)
Period: Jan 1, 1997 to Jan 1, 1998

NASA

Ramon was selected as a Payload Specialist and mooved with his family (his wife Rona and their 4th children) to Training facility to astronauts in USA.
Jan 16, 2003

The launching

The space shuttle STS-107 Columbia launched to space https://youtu.be/y7r8ericj3w
Feb 1, 2003

Date of death

The STS-107 mission ended abruptly when Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed and its crew perished during re-entry, 16 minutes before scheduled landing.