She was willing to put her life on the line for medicine, science, and humankind.
Died February 1 2003
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He was Israel’s first astronaut.
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His mission aboard the Columbia was his first spaceflight.
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A test pilot before he was selected as an astronaut in 1994, he was on his second spaceflight.
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A mission specialist, he helped with the scientific experiments on the shuttle Columbia.
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She was the first India native to fly on a space shuttle.
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On the Columbia mission, the lieutenant colonel was in charge of dozens of science experiments.