Israel By Hamodia Staff YERUSHALAYIM - Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 4:56 pm | ט' אדר תשפ"א An image of a nanosatellite, barely visible near the center of the image, deployed from the International Space Station. (NASA) Tel Aviv University became the first Israeli institute of higher education in space over the weekend, as a nanosatellite developed by faculty and students was released into Earth orbit. “It’s a big day for TAU,” said Colin Price, head of the Porter Department of Environmental Studies. “We have now joined the ‘Civil Space Revolution,’ called New Space, in which, unlike Old Space, not only giant companies with huge budgets and large teams of engineers can build and launch satellites.