Eytan Stibbe
No trained personnel or complicated equipment is needed to identify viruses and bacteria infecting space crew.
Eytan Stibbe, part of the first private mission to the International Space Station, carried everything from matzah to science experiments aboard.
During their historic mission, Stibbe and the three other members of the Ax-1 crew conducted experiments for more than 25 research projects with international partners, including the Ramon Foundation, the Mayo Clinic and the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
“During these difficult times on the ground, this project, the exciting launch and experience that the whole House of Israel is watching, is a point of light in the sky,” says Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The former Israeli fighter pilot will carry out 35 experiments during his 10-day sojourn in orbit as a mission specialist on the first private mission to the ISS.
An interview with Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe ahead of the first private mission to the International Space Station.
Eytan Stibbe is set to go into space with a small coin from the second-century era of the Bar Kokhba Revolt.
Former IDF fighter pilot Eitan Stibbe is slated to launch late next year. President Reuven Rivlin: Israel will prove once again “that even the sky is no limit for us.”