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Mrs. Rona Ramon

Mrs. Rona Ramon
Mrs. Rona Ramon is the widow of Ilan Ramon, the first israeli astronaut who was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and six other crew members were killed in there-entry accident. Ramon is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Ramon was survived by his wife Rona and their four children, who were in Florida at the time of the accident. His eldest son, Captain Asaf Ramon, died on September 13, 2009, aged 21, during a routine training flight while piloting his F-16A, 3 months after graduating from the IAF flight school as the top cadet in his class.