TESS mission to discover new planets moves toward launch | MIT News
Satellite’s cameras have been delivered by MIT researchers and passed NASA inspection.
Aug. 4, 2017 • ~6 min
Exploring an unusual metal asteroid | MIT News
Alumna and former MIT professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton is working with MIT faculty in her role as principal investigator for NASA's upcoming Psyche mission.
July 25, 2017 • ~3 min
MIT space hotel wins NASA graduate design competition | MIT News
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.
June 28, 2017 • ~5 min
Space junk: The cluttered frontier | MIT News
New laser technique identifies the makeup of space debris, from painted shards to Teflon.
June 19, 2017 • ~7 min
NASA selects three from MIT for astronaut training | MIT News
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.
June 13, 2017 • ~2 min
Hacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni | MIT News
Clothing tinkerers innovate fashion with science-based performance dresswear and 3-D knitting.
June 7, 2017 • ~9 min
Project Apophis | MIT News
Space Systems Engineering students design a close-range mission to a giant asteroid that will fly by Earth in 2029.
May 31, 2017 • ~6 min
Rivers on three worlds tell different tales | MIT News
Study finds history of Titan’s landscape resembles that of Mars, not Earth
May 18, 2017 • ~8 min
Commercial space: Can we privatize our way to the stars? | MIT News
Annual conference explores the rise and distant future of the private space industry.
March 14, 2017 • ~11 min
Media Lab sets sights on space | MIT News
MIT Media Lab event, Beyond the Cradle, launches a new initiative to explore the final frontier.
March 14, 2017 • ~14 min
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