The name Rakie was chosen from the three names that reached the final line (Aloma and Kadama) and won more than 60% of the votes
After we received hundreds of names and suggestions and after thousands entered, voted and influenced - the name chosen for the second Israeli mission in space is "Rakia". The name Rakie was chosen from the three names that reached the final line (Aloma and Kadama) and won more than 60% of the votes.
The name Rakei has many meanings related to the Israeli mission The second For space: Rakiye is synonymous with the word for heaven and appears in the Bible, in the book of Genesis, in the day The second heart Lung: "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it distinguish between water and water: And God made the firmament, and made a difference between the water that is under the firmament and the water that is above to the sky and it was: And God called to the sky sky and there was evening and there was morning on the second day".
In addition, the name also has a personal meaning for Ilan Ramon. His memory is blessed, during his stay in space, the song "Imagine" by John Lennon was played to the team and in it the line "above us only sky", Ilan translated it at the time: above us only sky. Later, the late Rona Ramon, published a book of diaries written by Ilan and Assaf called "Ma'alino rak Rakiye"
The announcement of the name of the mission was held this evening at the Rona Ramon space education conference, a conference that closes the events of Israel Space Week 2021. There is no more natural place than the education conference named after Rona, to announce the name of the mission. Rona, dreamed and worked a lot to connect space and education, between breaking the boundaries of the earth and between increasing the curiosity and enriching the content world of the children in the fields of science in general and space in particular.
Alongside the ground-breaking Israeli scientific experiments that Eitan Stiva will perform during his stay on the International Space Station, the "Rakia" mission is a significant educational mission and Eitan will spend many hours in space teaching Hebrew lessons to Israeli students and other educational initiatives of their choosing during the coming year.
The logo, designed by Brave Branding, also symbolizes the breaking of boundaries and the creativity of the mission. The round ball symbolizes the earth and the star system, and the color symbolizes fire and water. The two dots represent Ilan Ramon and Eitan Stiva.
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