Seats are $55 million each; Tom Cruise, who is interested in filming movie at site and was mentioned as potential crew member, will evidently have to wait for next Axiom flight

Before he was being feted as a national hero for paying his way into orbit on a private trip, pilot Eytan Stibbe was making a fortune in a war-torn corner of Africa

Israel Space Agency will evaluate proposals for research projects for Eytan Stibbe to carry out on International Space Station

Eytan Stibbe, ex-fighter pilot set to be Israel's 2nd astronaut, will also finance equipment for experiments on space station; 1st astronaut Ilan Ramon was his air force commander

Eytan Stibbe to head to International Space Station late next year; announcement made in presence of son of 1st Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died during 2003 Columbia mission

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