The name of the Israeli astronaut is Ilan Ramon. He was a payload specialist on NASA's STS-107 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. Tragically, he lost his life when the shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry on February 1, 2003. Ramon was the first Israeli to travel into space.
Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut.
Ilan Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut, and the first Israeli to travel into space. He was a national hero even before he lost his life when Colombia disintegrated in February 2003. He carried into space a number of items significant to Jewish people, including a sketch from a teenager who died in Auschwitz and a microfiche copy of the Torah.
Pedro Duque was the first astronaut in space.
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Astronaut Yuri Gagarian
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Chaim Weizman was the first Israeli president.
Alan sheperd was the first astronaut in space.
Dennis Tito was the first astronaut to travel to the planet Venus.
The first astronaut to set foot on the moon was the American astronaut Neil Armstrong in the Apollo 11.
No astronaut has visited Venus yet.