Topic
Moon
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Three from MIT graduate from NASA astronaut training
Chari, Hoburg, and Moghbeli, all with ties to the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, among the first class to graduate under agency’s Artemis program.
January 22, 2020 -
Scientists pin down timing of lunar dynamo’s demise
Findings suggest the moon’s magnetic field was produced by the fallout of a crystallizing iron core.
January 1, 2020 -
Behind the scenes of the Apollo mission at MIT
From making the lunar landings possible to interpreting the meaning of the moon rocks, the Institute was a vital part of history.
July 18, 2019 -
Maria Zuber awarded the Gerard P. Kuiper Prize in Planetary Sciences
Honor recognizes scientists whose achievements have most advanced our understanding of planetary systems.
May 31, 2019 -
MIT, Blue Origin to cooperate on sending research experiment to the moon
MIT community input will help determine the focus of the study to be carried aboard Blue Moon lander.
May 10, 2019 -
Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years
Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.
August 9, 2017 -
Scene at MIT: Supermoon over MIT
December 13, 2016 -
Retracing the origins of a massive, multi-ring crater
Scientists reconstruct first hours after a giant impact created one of the largest craters on the moon.
October 27, 2016 -
Scene at MIT: Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo code
A brief history of the famous 1969 photo of the software that sent humans to the moon.
August 17, 2016 -
Students’ project a contender for a hitchhike to the moon
AeroAstro team turns to MIT crowdsourcing to fund entry in NASA space launch competition.
February 5, 2016 -
Moon’s crust as fractured as can be
Study finds barrage of small asteroids shattered moon’s upper crust.
September 10, 2015 -
3 Questions: Ben Weiss on the lunar dynamo
The moon’s molten, churning core likely once generated a dynamo.
December 4, 2014 -
Lunar Laser Communication System wins R&D Magazine Editor's Choice Award
System developed by Lincoln Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is named one of 2014's most influential technologies.
December 3, 2014 -
Solving the mystery of the “man in the moon”
MIT researchers find that a volcanic plume, not an asteroid, likely created the moon’s largest basin.
October 1, 2014 -
The moon’s face doesn’t tell its whole story
Researchers find that huge craters on the near side of the moon may overstate the intensity of asteroid impacts about 4.1 billion years ago.
November 7, 2013 -
An answer to a lunar mystery: Why is the moon’s gravity so uneven?
Simulations based on GRAIL data show how gravitational anomalies developed early in lunar history.
May 30, 2013 -
Mapping the early history of the moon
In 41st annual Killian Lecture, Maria Zuber describes looking deep into the moon’s interior to chart its early history.
March 7, 2013 -
GRAIL reveals a battered lunar history
Twin spacecraft create a highly detailed gravity map of the moon, finding an interior pulverized by early impacts.
December 5, 2012 -
Researchers find evidence of ice content at the moon’s south pole
Scientists map Shackleton crater, whose unusually bright floor may hint at the presence of ice.
June 20, 2012 -
What drove the lunar dynamo?
Research supports theory that the moon’s molten core was likely sustained by an alternative power source.
January 27, 2012