Researchers conducting the first Israeli biomedical research on the International Space Station believe that Stibbe’s vision will not deteriorate during his short space flight. The study was supervised from the Rakia ground control center in Tel Aviv by Prof. Uri Polat, head of the School of Optometry and Visual Sciences; Prof. Yossi Mandel, head of the Science and Ophthalmology Engineering Laboratory at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan; and Dr. Eran Schenker, a space physician and medical director of the Israel Aerospace Medicine Institute. Read More.
