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Illustrative: The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking, April 24, 2021. (NASA via AP, File)
May 18, 2022, 6:29 pm
Israel plans to invest NIS 600 million to develop civilian space tech
New project by Israel Space Agency hopes to position country as ‘one of the world’s leaders in the space industry’
By Ricky Ben-David
Eytan Stibbe pictured by SpaceX before the April 8 launch of the Dragon spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (SpaceX)
April 23, 2022, 10:09 pm
Israeli astronaut sees another delay in return to Earth; is now set to land Monday
Weather conditions force yet another postponement of crew capsule’s return; Eytan Stibbe had originally been set to return on Wednesday
By ToI Staff
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe speaks to the Ynet news site from the International Space Station, on April 12, 2022. (Screen capture/Ynet)
April 21, 2022, 1:24 pm
Israeli astronaut’s return to Earth rescheduled for Sunday after weather delays
Company behind Axiom-1 mission says new departure time for Eytan Stibbe and rest of crew ‘chosen based on the best weather for splashdown’
By ToI Staff
Israel’s Eytan Stibbe enters the International Space Station, on April 9, 2022. (Screenshot/SpaceX)
April 19, 2022, 6:13 pm
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe’s return to Earth delayed yet again due to weather
Businessman and former fighter pilot spent his extra time aboard the International Space Station doing a reading of the Hebrew children’s book ‘Beautiful World’
By ToI Staff
This photo provided by SpaceX shows the SpaceX crew seated in the Dragon spacecraft on Friday, April 8, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Israeli Eytan Stibbe is at right. (SpaceX via AP)
April 8, 2022, 7:40 pm
2nd Israeli in space: Eytan Stibbe blasts off to perform experiments on ISS
Stibbe heads to orbiting lab in private charter flight with two other businessmen in hopes of gaining insights into health conditions, agriculture, optics, energy
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustration of the space shuttle that will carry Eytan Stibbe (Axiom Space)
April 8, 2022, 11:16 am
2nd Israeli to blast off to space, will perform experiments seeking health advances
Eytan Stibbe boldly goes where no Israeli has gone before — the ISS — amid hopes of gaining insights into range of conditions, including immune problems and Alzheimer’s
By Nathan Jeffay
Eytan Stibbe trains for a study with the Fluidic Telescope Experiment (FLUTE) designed and built by researchers in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion in collaboration with a team of researchers at NASA. (Courtesy of the Technion)
April 5, 2022, 9:45 pm
Israel’s second-ever astronaut preparing to finally head to space on Friday
After repeated delays, Eytan Stibbe is days away from taking part in the world’s first private mission to the International Space Station, for a week of experiments
By ToI Staff
The Fluidic Telescope Experiment (FLUTE), was designed and built by researchers in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion in collaboration with a team of researchers at NASA. (Courtesy of the Technion)
January 24, 2022, 6:38 pm
Space meat and hummus: Israel finalizes experiments for upcoming ISS mission
35 projects, part of Rakia program of research studies on International Space Station, to be performed by Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe this spring
By Ricky Ben-David
President Isaac Herzog, left, presents Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe with a glass cube inscribed with a prayer for the welfare of the State of Israel, at the president's residence in Jerusalem, December 16, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 16, 2021, 5:01 pm
President gives astronaut a prayer for Israel to take to space
Israeli rocket man Eytan Stibbe to take a glass cube inscribed with prayer for welfare of Israel, written by Isaac Herzog’s grandfather, to International Space Station
By ToI Staff
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe (right) holds a 1,900-year-old coin from the Bar Kochba revolt that he will take to space, standing alongside Eli Eskosido, Director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, August 2021. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 19, 2021, 8:02 pm
Israeli astronaut to take 1,900-year-old Bar Kochba revolt coin to space
As part of next year’s Rakia mission to International Space Station, Eytan Stibbe says he’ll bring along ancient artifact as a ‘symbol of Jewish history’
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative - In this image released by NASA, Comet Neowise (left) is seen in the eastern horizon above Earth, in this image taken from the International Space Station on Sunday, on July 5, 2020. (NASA via AP)
May 5, 2021, 1:23 pm
Israel unveils chosen space experiments, from battery cells to leukemia cells
44 ‘bold and daring’ projects, part of Rakia program of research projects on International Space Station, to be performed by Israeli astronaut with kids following along in class
By Shoshanna Solomon
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