3 Questions: Nicholas Roy on deploying drones in U.S. skies
MIT robotics expert discusses the logistical hurdles of regulating unmanned aircraft for civilian use.
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Aeronautical and astronautical engineering
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Fly the eco-friendly skies
MIT-led team designs airplanes that would use 70 percent less fuel than current models.
NASA chief defends Obama’s space plan
In MIT visit, Charles Bolden touts proposed expansion in R&D funding
Sheila Widnall named to Toyota North American Quality Advisory Panel
Institute Professor will advise Japanese carmaker as it seeks to address quality and safety issues.
The pull of artificial gravity
MIT researchers say a centrifuge on the International Space Station — hinted at in Obama’s NASA proposal — would be a boon for physiological research
In Profile: Missy Cummings
Former U.S. Naval fighter pilot aims to improve how humans and computers interact.
Covert to receive AIAA highest award
AeroAstro professor emeritus named recipient of the Reed Aeronautics Award.
The 2010 Kambourides Fellow: Chad Lieberman
The third-year AeroAstro graduate student has been awarded the Kambourides Fellowship in Computational Engineering
Unraveling black hole spin
Retrograde spin of supermassive black holes may create jets that control galaxy evolution
Awards and Honors: February 5, 2010
Faculty awarded early career grants; win investment research prize
3 Questions: David Mindell on Obama’s NASA proposal
MIT space researcher predicts that if adopted, Obama’s proposed budget and policy will lead to more joint human-robotic space exploration
Powering cube satellites
An electric propulsion technology for miniature satellites aims to give them more mobility — and may eventually allow them to take on deep-space missions.
