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Aeronautics and Astronautics

MIT alumnus Buzz Aldrin PhD '63 descends NASA's Lunar Module on July 20, 1969, just prior to becoming the second human to walk on the moon.

Landing Apollo via Cambridge

Former MIT Instrumentation Lab member recalls his contribution to the safe landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface.

July 17, 2009

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Taylor Matlock, center, principal research scientist Oleg V. Batishchev, left, and Dan Stiurca, junior in electrical engineering and computer science, right, work on adjusting a prototype of a new plasma rocket.

New rocket aims for cheaper nudges in space

Plasma thruster is small, runs on inexpensive gases

February 24, 2009

Mauna Kea Observatory: (Left to right): Subaru Telescope, twin domes of the Keck Telescopes, and the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, which was used by Jim Elliot and Kelly Clancy during the occultation.

Pluto is undergoing global warming, researchers find

October 9, 2002