Nanosatellites, detecting signals on Earth, cloud mapping, innovative technologies for propulsion in space, an autonomous satellite fleet – all these and more occupy the people of the Asher Space Research Institute, the applied and research arm of the Technion. At the institute, researchers from different disciplines (physics, aeronautics and space engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science) work together on innovative tasks that contribute to Israel’s participation in space exploration. The institute’s building was officially inaugurated on February 12, 2009. It is near the Faculty of Aerospace Space Engineering at the Technion and is the home of the Satellite Mission Control Center.