Eitan Stiva

Eitan Stiva in the Coppola Observation Module on the International Space Station

The landing of AX-1 and Ethan Stiva: The Dragon is on its way to land around 20:00

Monday night there will be two broadcasts at 01:30 from the transmitter of the departure from the space station to the Dragon spacecraft, 03:30 the disconnection of the Dragon. The article also includes videos taken during the mission
From right to left, Shlomi Ben Avraham, Yael Hellman and Mika Ben Ari - students of the Herzliya Science Center who spoke on amateur radios with Eitan Stiva at the International Space Station. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The students overcame the problem and the question and answer event with Eitan Stiva took place

Last Thursday, 14/4/2022, an event was held at the Herzliya Science Center in which students from several schools in Israel spoke with the Israeli Eitan Stiva during his stay on the International Space Station
Eitan Stiva performs the Israeli CRISPR experiment on the International Space Station. From NASA TV

The videos of the experiments conducted by Eitan Stiva as filmed inside the space station * The landing was postponed

Today, Tuesday 19/4/2022 at four o'clock in the afternoon Israel time, Eitan Stiva and his three companions will enter the private space mission AX-1. They are supposed to land tomorrow, Wednesday at 15:17 Israel time
Eitan Stiva and Mark Pathy, also from the Ax-1 team, swam with the students of the Space-Startup program, an educational program for XNUMXth-XNUMXth graders and students from Canada, which uses the world of space alongside practices from the world of entrepreneurship

Summary of Eitan Stiva's experiments at the space station April 14-16, 2022

With a short break for Seder Pesach, Eitan Stiva was busy all weekend with the Israeli experiments
The welcoming ceremony for the AX-1 crew members upon their arrival at the International Space Station on Saturday. Photo: Axiom Company

Day three of a celestial mission on the space station: Stiva completed the first part of the CRISPR experiment

Throughout the day, Eitan Stiva performs a variety of scientific experiments from the International Space Station, in the field of remote medicine.
In the photo: from the right, Prof. Uri Folat, Dr. Eran Shankar, and Prof. Yossi Mendel. Photo courtesy of those photographed

Eitan Stiva completed the first Israeli biomedical research on the International Space Station

The experiment tested the changes that occur in the ability to see during space flight. The researchers are Dr. Eran Shanker, Prof. Uri Polat and Prof. Yossi Mendel.
Eitan Stiva entered the space station first, 17:20. Screenshot

Live broadcast: The connection is complete, a short ceremony was held and the work begins for Stiva and his friends

Eitan Stiva, the first Israeli on the International Space Station who also received an astronaut badge from the International Astronaut Association, said during the welcome ceremony held upon the arrival of the Ax-1 team at the International Space Station: "Welcome to the station
Eitan Stiva back for the launch. Photo: SpaceX

The genetic search engine that will use Eitan Stiva to diagnose diseases in space * The launch is expected for today (Fri) at 18:17

The experiment that will allow us to be healthy even outside the earth will be launched into space today together with Eitan Stiva
Members of the AX-1 mission team in the "wet" rehearsal before the launch. Photo: SpaceX

The first full private mission Axiom Space-1 with the Israeli Eitan Stiva is ready for launch tomorrow

In this article we will provide regular updates in preparation for the launch
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches docking at the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

SpaceX stops producing "Team Dragon" capsules and soon also cargo spaceships and will reuse the existing fleet

According to SpaceX president Gavin Shotwell, the company has already stopped production of Crew Dragon capsules after building its fourth spacecraft scheduled for an April 19, 2022 launch for NASA to the space station.
The control room of the Rakei mission in the Check Point building in Tel Aviv. Photograph by Keren Ramon PR

The 'Rakia' mission complex was established at the Check Point offices in Tel Aviv

Ahead of the launch next week, a 'Rakia' mission complex was set up at the Check Point offices in Tel Aviv, including a control room from which scientists, artists and educators will monitor the activities of astronaut Eitan Stiva on the International Space Station;
A mixture of seeds from a volcanic institute that Ethan Stiva will take into space. PR photo

Eitan Stiva will take wild seeds from the volcanic institute where his father worked, as a tribute to the institute's 100th anniversary celebrations

The bag of seeds that will be taken is of the seeds of closely related wild varieties, which are collected and preserved in the Israeli gene bank at the Volcanic Institute. These seeds are unique and valuable in light of the great genetic diversity that they treasure and form the basis of
Axiom 1 astronauts Larry Connor (left), Michael Lopez-Alegria, Mark Fathy and Ethan Stiva (right). The astronauts successfully passed medical tests and received approval from the Multilateral Committee for Crew Missions. Credit: Axiom Space

NASA approves the private astronauts for the Axiom mission to the International Space Station, including Eitan Stiva

The Axiom 1 or Ax-1 mission (and in Israel it received the name "Rakia"), is scheduled to lift off on Wednesday, March 30 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the Crew Dragon spacecraft aboard
Eitan Stiva and Amir Ilan, Aleph Farm chef. Photo: Aleph Farms

Sky Mission Experiments Part 3: The rest of the medical experiments, space steak and the student experiments

Review of scientific experiments and technological demonstrations that will be carried out by Eitan Stiva in the sky mission. Out of 31 missions approved. Third review in a series that also includes four experiments of high school students selected for the flight
An EEG experiment that will examine Eitan Stiva's brain. Photo: brain.space company

Sky Task Experiments Part 2: Studies in the Brain

Review of scientific experiments and technological demonstrations that will be carried out by Eitan Stiva in the sky mission. Out of 31 missions approved. Second review in the series
Eitan Stiva prepares for his flight to the International Space Station at the SpaceX facilities. Photography: Uri Borg.

Space mission experiments part 1: conducting remote tests and the effect of staying in space on the immune system

Review of scientific experiments and technological demonstrations that will be carried out by Eitan Stiva in the sky mission. Out of 31 missions approved. First review in the series
Astronaut Peggy Whitson. Photo: NASA

Peggy Whitson - the astronaut who managed missions on the International Space Station, will serve as a captain on behalf of SpaceX

Yes ma'am! Astronaut Peggy Whitson was the first woman appointed mission commander to the International Space Station, was the first woman to command two missions to the space station, and is scheduled to be the second mission commander to be launched
TauSat 3 nanosatellite and within it the vault experiment of Tel Aviv University. PR photo

An Israeli nanosatellite launched to the International Space Station will serve as a safe to protect electronic equipment in space

The experiment of Tel Aviv University, known as the "vault" is one of the experiments that Eitan Stiva will conduct, in the sky space mission
Participants of the AX-1 mission, including the Israeli Eitan Stiva (left) training in zero gravity in an airplane that simulates it with the help of loop flights. Photo PR, Axiom.

"Eitan Stiva takes the startup nation into space with him"

A celestial mission (as part of a larger mission - AX-1) is expected to launch on February 21. Ran Levana, CEO of the Ramon Foundation, updates the state of the mission, preparations, experiments and lessons from space in a conversation with the website
Genesis spaceship model. Photo: Israel Aerospace Industries

For the first time the aerospace industry will present at the International Space Congress IAC held in Dubai

Among the solutions that will be presented in the only Israeli pavilion at the space conference: observation satellite systems, a new communication satellite and the Berashit spacecraft that brought Israel to the moon
Former astronaut Chris Hadfield bestows space wings on Sir Richard Branson after the successful flight to the edge of space. Screenshot from the Virgin Galactic YouTube channel.

Richard Branson beat Jeff Bezos in the space race * took off with 5 others to give way

The spaceship or rather the Spaceship 2 rocket plane took off for the mission known as Unity 22 from the Virgin Galactic Space Center in New Mexico on a carrier plane and when they reached the desired altitude they activated the rocket engines
Manny Yitzhak, Vice President of R&D at Kardiosens, with Eitan Stiva. Public relations photo

Cardiosense, Ultrasight and Monfort are sending products to Eitan Stiva's space mission

In addition to the academic institutions, many Israeli start-up companies also want to send experiments to Operation Rakei. The space agency will finance part of them and Stiva will take care of financing the rest
Inbal Kreis, Eitan Stiva and the student Roi Rahin (Becher-Terem experiment). Rami Shloush, spokeswoman for the Technion

Three experiments from the Technion will be launched to the International Space Station

The experiments at the station will be conducted by the second Israeli in space, Eitan Stiva, who is expected to take off for the mission next year
Link to the image of the experimental system of E. an island. G-Sense. Photo: Roi Zamir

One of the tasks of the second Israeli in space: an EEG test in space

Monitoring brain dynamics and cognitive function under conditions of being in space. This is the experiment that the head of the cognitive and brain sciences department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Dr. Oren Shariki, will conduct in collaboration with the Israeli company IG-Sense during Eitan's stay
The event announcing the second Israeli in space at Beit Hanasi, 16/11/2020. Photo: Mark Neiman, CEO

Leukemia treatment, a space telescope, the reconstruction of an experiment by Ilan Ramon - among the experiments that will be carried out in the sky mission

The Israeli Space Agency and the Ramon Foundation, which selected the experiments to be performed by the second Israeli space traveler - space tourist Ilan Stiva, hope that they will lead to technological and scientific breakthroughs * Some of the experiments will be performed
Rocket mission logo, the mission of private Israeli astronaut Eitan Stiva

"Rakia" is the chosen mission name of the second Israeli in space

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
Eitan Stiva. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Science

The space agency is calling for test proposals for the second Israeli astronaut and objects for the moon

The Ramon Foundation and the Israel Space Agency at the Ministry of Science and Technology are calling on scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs to send their proposals for experiments, which will be carried out on the International Space Station (subject to NASA's approval) as part of the journey of Eitan Stiva, the Israeli
The event announcing the second Israeli in space at Beit Hanasi, 16/11/2020. Photo: Mark Neiman, CEO

The second Israeli on the way to space announced President Rivlin, the Ramon Foundation and the Ministry of Science

Eitan Stiva, a former fighter pilot, is expected to take off at the end of 2021 in the Crew Dragon spacecraft as a space tourist for about five days.