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ISRAEL: FIRST ISRAELI ASTRONAUT NAMED TO 2001 SHUTTLE.(Ilan Ramon)(Brief Article)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, October, 2000

According to Israel Line (Sep. 29), Israel's first astronaut was named to a 2001 space shuttle flight by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday, Israel Radio, KOL YISRAEL reported. Israel Air Force Colonel Ilan Ramon will fly as a payload specialist aboard space shuttle Columbia next summer on a research mission.

Ramon, 46, was born in Tel Aviv and served as a deputy commander of F-16 and F-4 squadrons.

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