Eytan Stibbe: Second Israeli Astronaut in Space Will Bring 44 Israeli Experiments to the ISS

Eytan Stibbe (pronounced STEE-buh) is a 63-year-old former Israeli fighter pilot, fighter ace, businessman, and future private astronaut. Stibbe will be blasting off into space next October, as part of history’s first all-civilian mission. (He’ll be Israel’s second astronaut in space after the late Ilan Ramon, who perished in the 2003 shuttle Columbia disaster.) Sibbe…