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Eytan Meir Stibbe is an Israeli former fighter pilot, fighter ace, businessman and commercial astronaut.[1]

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Eytan Stibbe
איתן סטיבה
Born	(1958-01-12) January 12, 1958 (age 64)
Space career
Axiom Space
Time in space	17 days, 1 hour and 49 minutes
Missions	SpaceX Ax1

In November 2020 he paid Axiom Space to become a space tourist on a ten day mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 1, a private crewed orbital spaceflight. The stay was extended to 17 days. [2]

Early life

Stibbe was born in Haifa in 1958 and grew up in the United States until the age of 7, when the family moved back to Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv. His parents immigrated from the Netherlands to Israel in 1953. His father was a soil and water researcher at the Volcani Institute in Rehovot, and his mother was a social worker at a mental health clinic also in Ramat Gan. Stibbe studied at the Blich High School [he] in Ramat Gan and was active in the Israeli Scouts (Tzofim) movement.[3]

Military career

In July 1976, Stibbe started the Israeli Air Force’s fighter pilot training course. He first served as a Skyhawk pilot in Squadrons 102 and 140, then moved to Squadron 201 (Phantoms) and continued on to become an F-16 pilot in Squadron 117. During his time in the IAF he was assigned to 117 Squadron flying F-16s under the command of Colonel Ilan Ramon, who later became the first ever Israeli to fly in space aboard STS-107.[2] He completed his military service in 1984 and continued to serve as a reservist in Squadron 117 until 2012. He attained the rank of Colonel.

Business career

In 1984, after his military service, Stibbe joined a team of advisers at Israel Aircraft Industries that was working on the development of systems for the Lavi.^{[citation needed]} In 1985, he was among the founders of the LR Group, which implemented projects and established infrastructures in developing countries. In 2011, he left LR and sold his share of the company (33%).^{[citation needed]} In 2012, he acquired 35% of Mitrelli, an engineering, procurement and construction company (ECP) whose fields of operation were similar to those of LR.^{[citation needed]} In 2018, Stibbe left Mitrelli and sold all of his shares in the company.^{[citation needed]}

Stibbe established Vital Capital Fund in 2010, the company invests in enterprises whose goal is to improve the economic, personal and social wellbeing of low- and middle-income communities. The fund’s investment strategy is to invest in companies whose intention is to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a competitive financial return.[4]

He is a member of the advisory committee of Bridges Israel, an impact investment fund that invests in Israeli businesses.^{[citation needed]} Stibbe is a partner in HarTech, which develops simulation systems; LISOD, Hospital of Israeli Oncology in Ukraine; Pangea Therapeutics, a digital healthcare company that develops highly personalized cancer medications and treatments based on computational genomics; and Proprep, an online STEM tutorial company.^{[citation needed]}

Spaceflight

On 8 April 2022, Stibbe took off for the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral as a space tourist. Stibbe is the 583rd space traveler in the world.[5] He became the second Israeli in space, after Ilan Ramon, who died onboard Columbia while returning from space.[6] Stibbe described his space tourism as the “Rakia [he]” mission, which was the title of the book published with the fragments of the diary of his late commander, which survived reentry.[7] He flew to the ISS aboard SpaceX Axiom Space-1, paying for his own ticket to ride.[8] Stibbe was accompanying and demonstrating many Israeli technologies during this mission along with AstroRad a radiation protective vest from StemRad.[9]

See also

SpaceX Axiom Space-1 spacetravellers

• Larry Connor (mission pilot)
• Mark Pathy (mission specialist)
• Michael López-Alegría (mission commander)

References

На других языках

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[de] Eytan Stibbe

Eytan Stibbe (vollständig: Eytan Meir Stibbe hebräisch .mw-parser-output .Hebr{font-size:115%}איתן מאיר סטיבֶּה; * 12. Januar 1958 in Haifa, Israel) ist ein Kampfpilot und Oberst der israelischen Luftwaffe, Unternehmer, Philanthrop und der zweite Raumfahrer seines Landes.[1][2][3]

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- [en] Eytan Stibbe

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[fr] Eytan Stibbe

Eytan Meir Stibbe (né le 12 janvier 1958 à Haïfa) est un astronaute et un homme d'affaires israélien.

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[it] Eytan Stibbe

Eytan Stibbe (Haifa, 1958) è un imprenditore e astronauta israeliano. Ha partecipato come turista spaziale alla missione Axiom Mission 1 di 17 giorni a bordo della Stazione spaziale internazionale tra l'8 e il 25 aprile 2022.[1]

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[ru] Стиббе, Эйтан

Эйта́н Ме́ир Сти́ббе (ивр. ‏איתן מאיר סטיבֶּה‏‎; род. 12 января 1958, Хайфа, Израиль) — израильский бизнесмен, филантроп, общественный деятель, инвестор, военный лётчик. 8 апреля 2022 года Стиббе стал вторым израильским астронавтом[1] и первым в истории космонавтики Израиля специалистом полёта, космическим туристом миссии на Международную космическую станцию, куда он отправился на многоразовом пилотируемом корабле Dragon 2[2][3][4][5].

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