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14—11—2024

Outer Space Safety

Ax-1 Team Reunites

20—06—2024

Ax-1 Team Reunites

Israeli Space Week: Talking with American Astronaut Jessica Meir

07—03—2024

Israeli Space Week: Talking with American Astronaut Jessica Meir

From Reality to a Dream - From Pilot to Astronaut / Eytan Stibbe

22—05—2023

From Reality to a Dream - From Pilot to Astronaut / Eytan Stibbe

Save the world, child / Eytan Stibbe

10—05—2022

Save the world, child / Eytan Stibbe

My mother, Elma Stibbe née van Adelsberg

26—04—2022

My mother, Elma Stibbe née van Adelsberg

First Children’s Book Read from Space - in Hebrew! / Eytan Stibbe

18—04—2022

First Children’s Book Read from Space - in Hebrew! / Eytan Stibbe

Zero-Gravity Hovering / Eytan Stibbe

18—04—2022

Zero-Gravity Hovering / Eytan Stibbe

 Fun Facts about Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft / Eytan Stibbe

17—04—2022

Fun Facts about Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft / Eytan Stibbe

The First Passover in Space / Eytan Stibbe

15—04—2022

The First Passover in Space / Eytan Stibbe

Things worth knowing about the space suits / Eytan Stibbe

12—04—2022

Things worth knowing about the space suits / Eytan Stibbe

Eight More Facts about the Dragon / Eytan Stibbe

10—04—2022

Eight More Facts about the Dragon / Eytan Stibbe

Another item in my space case – The remains of Ilan Ramon’s diary / Eytan Stibbe

04—04—2022

Another item in my space case – The remains of Ilan Ramon’s diary / Eytan Stibbe

Approaching Launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / Eytan Stibbe

03—04—2022

Approaching Launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / Eytan Stibbe

The Patch / Eytan Stibbe

28—03—2022

The Patch / Eytan Stibbe

Quarantine Starts Tomorrow / Eytan Stibbe

18—03—2022

Quarantine Starts Tomorrow / Eytan Stibbe

Starlink - Satellite Internet Serving Virtually the Whole World / Eytan Stibbe

13—03—2022

Starlink - Satellite Internet Serving Virtually the Whole World / Eytan Stibbe

Space Walk - Fun Facts and Records / Eytan Stibbe

09—03—2022

Space Walk - Fun Facts and Records / Eytan Stibbe

The Big Dream / Eytan Stibbe

28—02—2022

The Big Dream / Eytan Stibbe

44 days to lift-off! / Eytan Stibbe

14—02—2022

44 days to lift-off! / Eytan Stibbe

Reflections on the Columbia Space Shuttle / Eytan Stibbe

09—02—2022

Reflections on the Columbia Space Shuttle / Eytan Stibbe

“Space” Graffiti in Houston. It’s not to be missed!

31—01—2022

“Space” Graffiti in Houston. It’s not to be missed!

Countdown Time has Come / Eytan Stibbe

27—01—2022

Countdown Time has Come / Eytan Stibbe

Israel Week and Meeting Kirobo / Eytan Stibbe

08—01—2022

Israel Week and Meeting Kirobo / Eytan Stibbe

A Visit to the European Space Agency / Eytan Stibbe

04—01—2022

A Visit to the European Space Agency / Eytan Stibbe

The Prayer for Israel’s Well-Being will be Reaching Space / Eytan Stibbe

02—01—2022

The Prayer for Israel’s Well-Being will be Reaching Space / Eytan Stibbe

Patch Released for Ax-1 Crew—The First Private Crew to the ISS

27—12—2021

Patch Released for Ax-1 Crew—The First Private Crew to the ISS

Visiting Texas? Look for the Space Display at the Annual Festival of Lights

26—12—2021

Visiting Texas? Look for the Space Display at the Annual Festival of Lights

The Launch Tower / Eytan Stibbe

22—12—2021

The Launch Tower / Eytan Stibbe

Ten important things to know about Crew 2 and Crew 3 / Eytan Stibbe

22—12—2021

Ten important things to know about Crew 2 and Crew 3 / Eytan Stibbe

A Russian Satellite Interceptor Missile was shot/ Eytan Stibbe

21—12—2021

A Russian Satellite Interceptor Missile was shot/ Eytan Stibbe

About the Dreidel in Space and Hanukkah / Eytan Stibbe

18—12—2021

About the Dreidel in Space and Hanukkah / Eytan Stibbe

MLA, the Head of our crew, Has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame / Eytan Stibbe

18—12—2021

MLA, the Head of our crew, Has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame / Eytan Stibbe

MCC Houston  - Manned Missions Control Center/ Eytan Stibbe

12—12—2021

MCC Houston - Manned Missions Control Center/ Eytan Stibbe

SpaceX We’re back in Houston in full force. Week Five / Eytan Stibbe

07—12—2021

SpaceX We’re back in Houston in full force. Week Five / Eytan Stibbe

Our First Week of Training as a Complete Crew / Eytan Stibbe

04—12—2021

Our First Week of Training as a Complete Crew / Eytan Stibbe

NASA 3: Learning / Eytan Stibbe

30—10—2021

NASA 3: Learning / Eytan Stibbe

Ten Facts Worth Knowing About Dragon / Eytan Stibbe

24—10—2021

Ten Facts Worth Knowing About Dragon / Eytan Stibbe

NASA 2: Bonding / Eytan Stibbe

12—10—2021

NASA 2: Bonding / Eytan Stibbe

NASA 1: Settling In / Eytan Stibbe

03—10—2021

NASA 1: Settling In / Eytan Stibbe

World Peace Bell is going to Travel With Me to the Space Station / Eytan Stibbe

08—09—2021

World Peace Bell is going to Travel With Me to the Space Station / Eytan Stibbe

Ramon Foundation Mourns Anas al-Wahwah / Eytan Stibbe

03—09—2021

Ramon Foundation Mourns Anas al-Wahwah / Eytan Stibbe

Ilan Ramon Writes about the Space Station / Eytan Stibbe

01—09—2021

Ilan Ramon Writes about the Space Station / Eytan Stibbe

The International Space Station - The Astronauts’ Home / Eytan Stibbe

01—09—2021

The International Space Station - The Astronauts’ Home / Eytan Stibbe

Space? Now? What For? / Eytan Stibbe

01—09—2021

Space? Now? What For? / Eytan Stibbe

Travelogue: Eytan Stibbe’s personal blog

Eytan Stibbe: “As a child, on dark nights, I would gaze at the sky and wait patiently to see shooting stars. I would wonder: What’s out there, beyond what the eye can see?”

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23—08—2021

Eytan Stibbe is a man whose worldwide business interests are focused on developing countries, particularly in Africa. Beside the obvious challenge of creating profitable businesses, Stibbe and his partners have set themselves another challenge - to improve the lives of people wherever they are operating. Their tireless work, which has included engaging international agencies to finance the projects, has brought progress to rural areas through the construction of drinking water purification systems, sewage treatment, electricity, health, education, affordable housing, agricultural development as a livelihood, in addition to creating households for personal use and so forth. This is no less than a revolution. Many people in the third world have seen their quality of life leapfrog several floors up, quite literally, undergoing fundamental transformation. Such a business investment is known as an “Impact Investment” (A profit-yielding investment made with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return). The profit is measured both in financial return and in social return.

The ability to make a difference in the lives of entire populations has inspired Eytan Stibbe to work for change also among the needy “close to home”. In 2016 Eytan and his wife Ora set up Anata, a Civil Society Organization of Public Interest, which supports social and educational projects and provides welfare services to all kinds of populations. One such example is Kiryat Adam in Lod, where students study psychoanalysis, and where experts provide subsidized psychotherapy to residents of the city and the surrounding towns. Eytan Stibbe was born in Haifa in 1958 to Alma, a clinical social worker, and Ehud, a Soil and Water PhD. Eytan was exposed to American culture while living in the United States with his family, where his father worked on his doctoral thesis. Upon their return to Israel they settled in Ramat Gan.

Eytan was recruited into the IDF in 1976, where he became an Air Force pilot. This is also where he met Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut. Ilan was Eytan’s commander and they went on to become close friends. Eytan served in the Air Force until 1984, and was a member of the reserves until 2019. At the end of his 43 years of flying, he was awarded a Medal of Distinguished Service.

In 2010, after Asaf Ramon, Ilan’s and Rona’s son, died in a flight accident, Stibbe joined Rona in setting up the non-profit Ramon Foundation, where he still serves as a member of the managing council. The Foundation has set itself the goal of initiating and carrying out educational programs dealing with leadership, flight and space. On November 16, 2020, Eytan Stibbe received the President’s blessing for a space flight as part of the Rakia Project, managed by the Ramon Foundation and carried out through Elon Musk’s SpaceX spacecraft. Lift-off is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Eytan will be staying on-board the International Space Station for ten days. Ilan Ramon’s subordinate and friend is going to be the second Israeli in space.

Want to find out more about Eytan Stibbe’s space flight? For answers to all your questions, for anecdotes on all those small magic moments - go to our blog.

“Curiosity fires the imagination”

Eytan Stibbe