page_title: Asher Space Research Institute
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Asher Space Research Institute / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The back side of the Asher Space Research Institute in the Technion - Israel institute of technology. עברית: צידו האחורי של בניין מכון אשר לחקר החלל בטכניון.
context_page_description: The Norman and Helen Asher Space Research Institute is a specialized institute dedicated to multidisciplinary scientific research at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel.
  ASRI was established in 1984. Its members come from five Technion faculties, and it has a technical staff of Technion scientists in a variety of space-related fields. ASRI is a leading space research center in Israel and is involved in the development of space systems based on advanced and innovative technologies, as well as education through advanced degrees.
context_section_description: Technion is Israel's oldest university, founded in 1912 to bring young people the technical skills they would need to build a nation. In the spirit of anticipating future needs, Technion established the faculty of Aeronautical Engineering in 1948. At the time, it was the only place in Israel teaching and researching aeronautics, and it has been credited in bringing the expertise to create the airforce which guaranteed the survival on the young State of Israel. The Faculty evolved into today's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion. Driven by a need for Israel to move into satellite technology in the 1980s, the Asher Space Research Institute was set up in 1984, four years before Israel formally rocketed into space with the launch of the Ofeq-1 satellite in 1988. Today, ASRI is the only center of higher education for space research in Israel.
  On February 12, 2009, the Norman and Helen Asher Space Building was dedicated at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Chicago resident Helen S. Asher and her late husband Norman provided the $3.5 million lead gift for the building. The occasion also celebrated the 30-year anniversary of Israel's space program.
  The institute is today managed by ASRI Director Prof. Ehud Behar.
caption: The ASRI Building at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology'
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