Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

Theodore Pian, former AeroAstro professor, 90

July 2, 2009

MIT student Tina Srivastava unfolds a solar panel during the micro-gravity flights, while senior Jillian James floats above.

Students float their ideas

Experiments take off on weightless flight

June 25, 2009

MIT research is moon-bound

June 19, 2009

Planet found in tilted orbit around distant star

Odd discovery may help refine theories about how planets, solar systems form

June 17, 2009

3 Questions: William S. Swelbar on his aviation blog

June 16, 2009

MIT President Susan Hockfield shakes hands with MIT alum Buzz Aldrin ScD '63.

In space, past is prologue

Giant Leaps celebrates Apollo, looks to future missions.

June 12, 2009

This image shows the orbits of all recently discovered ultracool subdwarfs in and around the Milky Way, as seen from 150,000 light years away.

Ultracool stars take 'wild rides' around, outside the Milky Way

June 9, 2009

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics awards

June 3, 2009

To the moon, by way of MIT

Instrumentation Lab made Apollo landings possible 40 years ago

June 3, 2009

School of Engineering awards

June 3, 2009

Jeffrey Hoffman, inside the shuttle payload bay, assists F. Story Musgrave, on the robotic arm, during the Hubble telescope's first servicing mission in 1993.

3 Questions: Jeffrey Hoffman on fixing the Hubble Space Telescope

May 5, 2009

High-flying films and facts

Lectures add real science to reel versions of space travel and aviation

April 14, 2009

Obama calls alums in space

March 24, 2009

The Terrafugia Transition taking off from runway 17 at Plattsburgh International Airport.

Flying car takes wing

MIT alums' invention makes its first test flights

March 19, 2009

Near miss, but no threat

Asteroid in close pass was smaller than thought, astronomer shows

March 16, 2009

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Ultracool stars take 'wild rides' around, outside the Milky Way

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