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The abortion champion who became a millionaire in Africa: the pilot who will be the second Israeli in space

Eitan Steve, who is expected to go into space with self-financing, is considered a legend in the Air Force when he shot down four enemy planes in one attack during the first Lebanon war.

In 2010, he established a fund that aims to work to improve the situation of low-income populations, especially in the African continent.

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Mikey Levy

Monday, 16 November 2020, 19:38

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In the video: Israel will send an astronaut into space at the end of 2021 - pilot Eitan Steve (Photo: GPO)

Eitan Steva, who was announced today (Monday) as the second Israeli astronaut in history to fly into space, was awarded the "Abortion Champion" medal in the First Lebanon War, when on the seventh day of the war, on June 11, 1982, he managed to shoot down four enemy planes. One, thus apparently becoming the only F-16 pilot ever to do so.

Eitan Steve is considered a legend in the Air Force, one who never feared to fight and even won the "Abortion Champion" medal.

Now he sets out to conquer a new and coveted goal - space.

Steva will be the second Israeli astronaut in space, with only one person ahead of him - his best friend from their time together in Squadron 117, the late pilot Ilan Ramon.

Unlike Marmon, who flew as a crew member on NASA's Columbia space shuttle, Steve is a wealthy businessman who will invest millions of dollars out of pocket and become one of the pioneers of the private space industry in the world. Steve was born in Haifa, raised in the United States until age 7, and later returned to Israel and settled in Ramat Gan. His parents immigrated from the Netherlands in 1953, his father was a soil and water researcher at the Volcanic Institute in Rehovot, and his mother works as a social worker at a mental health clinic.

Eitan Steve, the Israeli astronaut who will be launched into space

In July 1976, Steve enlisted in a pilot's course, which he completed in combat.

He first served as a pilot in an Eagle helicopter (Skyhawk), and then moved to the 201st Squadron (Phantom).

He later served as a 16-F pilot in the 117th Squadron. In 1984 he was discharged from regular service and until 2012 he served in the reserve in the 117th Squadron

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For 43 years of flying in the Air Force, he completed thousands of flight hours, won the Outstanding Reservist Award from the Air Force and received the Masterpiece Medal in Flight.

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This is a businessman who sees great importance in the fact that the private sector, in collaboration with the public sector, will take a significant part in the field of space exploration.

He is one of the founders of the Ramon Foundation and also serves on its board of directors.

After Assaf Ramon's death, Rona Ramon convened a small group of close friends, with whom she established a foundation that would initiate educational programs on leadership, aviation and space, and continue Ilan and Assaf's vision.

Steve was a member of this group, and was one of the founders of the foundation.

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