Taking the next giant leaps
Fifty years after the first moon landing with Apollo 11, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics looks to the future of space exploration at MIT.
Fifty years after the first moon landing with Apollo 11, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics looks to the future of space exploration at MIT.
Professor Kerri Cahoy and her group recently delivered MicroMAS, the weather nanosatellite they built in collaboration with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, to a launch provider.
NASA crewmembers reflect on the most complex space repair in history.
Physicists and astronaut discuss cosmic ray detector’s findings of possible signs of dark matter.
MIT professor’s book earns Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award.
Alum-astronaut relives some of the highlights of his space shuttle career.
MIT has contributed 27 alumni-astronauts, plenty of earthbound expertise.
A letter written by Charles Stark Draper in 1961 hitches a ride on Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Professor of the Practice in aeronautics and astronautics receives Centennial Medal.
Anniversary of the first shuttle flight comes just as it nears retirement, but the vehicle has changed space travel dramatically.
On 25th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, AeroAstro professor Jeffrey Hoffman remembers his colleague.