Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

MIT's winning Design/Build/Fly aero-astro team dethroned Oklahoma State in April. Teams members were, back row, from left, Brandon Suarez '09, David Sanchez '09, George Kiwada G and Adam Woodworth '07. Front row (from left): Nii Armar G, Ryan Castonia '09, Carl Engel '07 and Fuzhou Hu '09.

Aero-astro team dethrones Oklahoma State in radio-controlled aircraft competition

May 14, 2007

Aero/astro alum wins Annenberg fellowship

May 8, 2007

Waitz awarded Hunsaker appointment

May 2, 2007

MIT researchers David Simchi-Levi, left, and Olivier L. de Weck released version 1.3 of their SpaceNet software this month.

Engineers create SpaceNet--the supply chain

Network of nodes could ensure delivery to moon

March 19, 2007

MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman tests a spacesuit on Mars-like terrain in the Arctic in 2005.

High-flying fame for Hoffman

January 23, 2007

MIT develops measures to predict performance of complex systems

January 19, 2007

MIT Professor Mark Drela designed Daedalus, shown here, a lightweight aircraft that set the world distance record for human-powered flight.

Drela elected fellow of AIAA for aircraft design

December 29, 2006

Alumnus blasts off

December 12, 2006

Stephen Madden, retired professor who worked on Apollo missions, dies at 70

November 17, 2006

Conceptual design for a silent, environmentally friendly passenger plane designed by researchers at the Cambridge-MIT Institute's Silent Aircraft Initiative.

Team moves toward silent, eco-friendly plane

MIT and Cambridge design a silent knight

November 6, 2006

An artist's rendition of a spacecraft with logos from MIT, Georgia Tech and NASA. A group of MIT students is selling space on the satellite to help fund its building. When launched, the satellite would simulate a trip to Mars by sending mice into orbit around the Earth.

Mars group launches high-flying fundraiser

Space ship logos go ka-ching!

November 3, 2006

NASA mission specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper pauses for a moment during her Sept. 12 spacewalk, during which she assembled a major truss segment of the International Space Station.

1st alumna walks in space

October 4, 2006

MIT logs 40 years of flight

October 4, 2006

Jonathan How, a professor in aeronautics and astronautics, joins graduate students Brett Bethke, center, and Mario Valenti, right, in demonstrating their "hands-off" technique of simultaneously controlling four fully-autonomous flying vehicles using a PC.

MIT's intelligent aircraft fly, cooperate autonomously

September 26, 2006

MIT tool aids cost estimates for complex projects

September 19, 2006

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