The International Space Station (ISS) is backdropped over Miami, Florida. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
CTech – During an official opening event on behalf of the Israel Space Agency, the Ramon Foundation, and the Ministry of Science and Technology, which took place on Wednesday, second Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe revealed which Israeli technologies’ proposals made the cut and will accompany him on his February 2022 mission to the International Space Station. Several leading public and industry figures were in attendance including Inbal Kreiss, head of the Technological Committee which chose the experiments; Chairman of the Ramon Foundation, Ran Livne; Director-General of the ISA Avi Blasberger; and Director General of the Ministry of Science and Technology Shai-Lee Spigelman, among others.