{"id":84914,"date":"2022-04-16T16:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T13:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/a-historic-moment-in-space\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T16:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T13:36:04","slug":"a-historic-moment-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/a-historic-moment-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"A Historic Moment in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A historic moment: a lens was fabricated in space for the first time earlier this week, using innovative technology developed at the Technion &#8211; Israel Institute of Technology. The fluidic shaping method, developed by Prof. Moran Bercovici&#8217;s research team, in collaboration with NASA, could revolutionize space optics by overcoming the current limitations due to the size of the launcher and enabling fabrication of giant lenses for space telescopes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43993\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05e1\u05d8\u05d9\u05d1\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dd \u05d4\u05e2\u05d3\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e2\u05d1\u05d3\u05ea\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05e4' \u05d1\u05e8\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05e5' \u05d1\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe at the Technion, last year<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNo dream is beyond reach,\u201d Prof. Bercovici says, and adds about the success of the experiment, that it was \u201cout of this world to see our experimental setup in space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Prof. Moran Bercovici&#8217;s full statement, made moments after the success of the experiment:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:6920011217189117952\" width=\"504\" height=\"1754\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch the excitement in the NASA control center in Florida, as lab members watch the progress of the successful experiment, conducted by Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe (Hebrew):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pGY-UqG7lHs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch our video explaining this experiment, and more (English):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0rSUbbz-nzY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A historic moment: a lens was fabricated in space for the first time earlier this week, using innovative technology developed at the Technion &#8211; Israel Institute of Technology. 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