After several postponements: The US Space Agency (NASA) and Axiom Space announced this morning (Thursday) that members of the AX-1 mission team, including the Israeli astronaut Ethan Steve Expected to return to Earth this coming Sunday.
The process of disconnection from the International Space Station, which marks the beginning of the journey to Earth, will begin on Sunday, at 3:35 a.m. (Israel time), and landing is expected about 17 hours later, around 8:46 p.m. However, the date is not final and further changes are possible.
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In the shadow of the many rejections, Steve continues in the educational activity, alongside the continuation of the various studies and tests in which he takes part. Yesterday morning, there was a “Day in the Life of an Astronaut” broadcast, which deals with the human body in space, and Steve explained to Israeli students about the micro-gravity effects on the human body and some of the scientific experiments performed as part of the “Sky” mission.
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About two hours later, the “Poetry Competition” broadcast was published, in which Eitan read the two songs that won the poetry competition for middle school and high school. The winning songs are the first Hebrew songs read from the International Space Station. In the afternoon, the ‘Micro Gravity Challenge’ was published, in which Eitan will carry out the winning challenges that students from all over the country sent in the sign language in micro-gravity.