Department
Aeronautics and Astronautics
AeroAstro turns 100
Nine astronaut alumni and Elon Musk join in celebrating department’s centennial.
Dava Newman nominated for NASA post
President Obama asks AeroAstro professor to take space agency’s No. 2 leadership spot.
Alumna takes up space on Saturday mornings
MIT alumna Emily Calandrell is the host of Xploration Outer Space, a weekend TV show about all things space.
Mars One (and done?)
MIT team independently assesses the technical feasibility of the proposed Mars One mission.
Modeling shockwaves through the brain
New scaling law helps estimate humans' risk of blast-induced traumatic brain injury.
CSAIL’s Nick Roy helms Google’s delivery-drone project
Autonomy expert led MIT-heavy team in developing “self-flying planes”
Making drones more customizable
Airware’s operating system makes drones simple to build and modify for multiple applications.
Where to grab space debris
Algorithm tested aboard the International Space Station analyzes the rotation of objects in space.
Want a happy worker? Let robots take control.
CSAIL study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders.
Delivery by drone
New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions.