Aeronautics and Astronautics

Using a phone to fly a drone

Pilotless planes at MIT controlled via iPhones in Seattle.

November 8, 2011

On May 27, the last day for Endeavour spacewalkers, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff continued to work on the International Space Station.

3 Questions: Greg Chamitoff on the final frontier

Alum-astronaut relives some of the highlights of his space shuttle career.

October 5, 2011

TESS's primary goal would be to identify terrestrial
planets orbiting nearby stars.

MIT’s TESS project awarded $1 million NASA grant

October 4, 2011

In plane view

New tool analyzes black-box data for flight anomalies.

September 12, 2011

MIT PhD candidate Danielle Wood examines the many ways in which developing countries invest in satellite technology.

Satellites in the developing world

An MIT researcher looks at a growing trend in a number of developing countries: national satellite programs.

August 4, 2011

Missy Cummings and student Jason Ryan work on a virtual planning tool designed to organize planes and personnel on aircraft carrier deck.

Clearing the decks

A new planning tool helps direct traffic on aircraft carriers.

August 2, 2011

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

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