Field geology at a distance
As part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, Professor Tanja Bosak helps determine the best samples to bring home for clues about life 4 billion years ago.
As part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, Professor Tanja Bosak helps determine the best samples to bring home for clues about life 4 billion years ago.
Led by MIT researchers, one of the experiments aboard the next mission to the Red Planet aims to generate oxygen from Martian air.
When searching for extraterrestrial life, astronomers may want to look at planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.
To help us navigate this time of social distancing, three MIT astronauts share lessons of isolated living aboard the International Space Station.
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.
With “In Event of Moon Disaster,” the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality aims to educate the public on deepfakes with an alternative history of the moon landing.
Barret Schlegelmilch ’18 takes part in simulated NASA mission to the Martian moon Phobos.
Do-it-yourself bio and maker communities can help NASA meet needs of long-distance missions.
Scientists from the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes instrument team develop method to detect the tiniest traces of life on other planetary bodies.
Multilevel Mars greenhouse could provide food to sustain astronauts for several years.
MIT alumna is establishing a new research group aimed at harnessing space engineering to improve life on Earth.
Satellite’s cameras have been delivered by MIT researchers and passed NASA inspection.
Module would serve as a commercially owned space station, featuring a luxury hotel as the primary anchor tenant and NASA as a temporary co-anchor tenant.
Chari, Hoburg, and Moghbeli, all with ties to the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, represent a quarter of NASA's astronaut candidate Class of 2017.
MIT Media Lab event, Beyond the Cradle, launches a new initiative to explore the final frontier.