Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

MIT students help celebrate first human space flight

April 11, 2001

Engine unveiled

April 11, 2001

Chandra offers views of stellar nursery and X-ray wind

November 15, 2000

Chandra Observatory uncovers hot stars in the making

The core of the Orion Trapezium cluster shows an unprecedented accumulation of stars showing extreme temperatures

November 9, 2000

Chandra observes cosmic traffic pile-up in energetic quasar jet

November 8, 2000

When viewing the two gradient-shaded circles in this image on the monitor, most people would see one as concave and the other as convex, since light is assumed to come from "above." Dr. Charles Oman and colleagues wondered whether this illusion would change in orbital flight, where "above" is no longer gravitationally defined. The Center for Space Research will conduct virtual-reality experiments ...

Virtual reality is central to group of MIT space station experiments

November 8, 2000

Launch to space station has MIT ties

November 1, 2000

Space station's Expedition 1 launch from Kazakhstan is at place and time urged by 1993 civilian redesign committee

October 30, 2000

MIT sensor on former military satellite now used to track lost space objects

October 26, 2000

NASA chief discusses future of aerospace

October 25, 2000

Alumna is 3rd woman to pilot US spacecraft

October 18, 2000

Mars conference slated for October 20-22

October 18, 2000

HETE-2 launched successfully

October 18, 2000

Professor Edward F. Crawley, head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, spoke to alumni and faculty at a gathering to celebrate the future and past of aerospace.

Future, past of aerospace celebrated by aero/astro department

September 20, 2000

MIT researchers in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics stand with the instrumented truss that is key to the first hands-on experiment aboard the International Space Station. Left to right: sophomore Cemocan Yesil, Associate Professor David Miller, postdoctoral fellow Gregory Mallory and graduate student Jeremy Yung.

MIT has first experiment aboard space station

September 13, 2000

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MIT students help celebrate first human space flight

Engine unveiled

Chandra offers views of stellar nursery and X-ray wind

Chandra Observatory uncovers hot stars in the making

Chandra observes cosmic traffic pile-up in energetic quasar jet

Virtual reality is central to group of MIT space station experiments

Launch to space station has MIT ties

Space station's Expedition 1 launch from Kazakhstan is at place and time urged by 1993 civilian redesign committee

MIT sensor on former military satellite now used to track lost space objects

NASA chief discusses future of aerospace

Alumna is 3rd woman to pilot US spacecraft

Mars conference slated for October 20-22

HETE-2 launched successfully

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MIT has first experiment aboard space station

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