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Aeronautics and astronautics

Channel | updated February 21, 2013

The students, faculty and staff in the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics share a passion for air and space vehicles, the technologies that enable them, and the missions they fulfill. Our environment is connected, busy, global, hectic, open, collegial ... and fun.

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Take a Ride on the Centrifuge
  • MIT+K12,
  • Educational
Take a Ride on the Centrifuge

This video uses Man-Vehicle Lab's human centrifuge to discuss centripetal force and countermeasures for astronaut bone and muscle loss in space.

Air Transportation Safety
  • Industrial Liaison Program,
  • Feature
Air Transportation Safety

Aircraft Design - Decreasing Environmental Impact
  • Industrial Liaison Program,
  • Feature
Aircraft Design - Decreasing Environmental Impact

Greening_the_Future_of_Air_Transportation
  • Industrial Liaison Program,
  • Feature
Greening_the_Future_of_Air_Transportation

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  • Industrial Liaison Program,
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NextGen-Air_Traffic_Control
  • Industrial Liaison Program,
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NextGen-Air_Traffic_Control

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Eyes on the stars
  • Alumni,
  • History
Eyes on the stars: The story of alum/astronaut Ronald McNair

MIT alum and physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space, was first a kid with big dreams in Lake City, S.C.

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Highlights of Endeavour's fifth flight
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
Highlights of Endeavour's fifth flight

STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission and launched on Dec. 2, 1993.

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Missy Cummings at TEDMED
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • Event
Missy Cummings at TEDMED

MIT Professor—and former Navy fighter pilot—Missy Cummings gives a talk at TEDMED 2012.

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MIT News at Noon with Missy Cummings
  • MIT News,
  • Event
MIT News at Noon with Missy Cummings

Aeronautics and astronautics professor discusses how boredom plays a major role in a drone-operators ability to do their job.

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Harnessing the Wind at MIT: Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel
  • MIT News,
  • Feature
Harnessing the Wind at MIT: Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel

The wind Tunnel has proven instrumental in the examination of aerospace, architectural, vehicular, sports and other engineering systems

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How to move an asteroid
  • MIT News,
  • Demonstration
Deflecting an asteroid, with paintballs

How might one encourage the deflection of an asteroid headed toward Earth? The answer could be with a volley or two of space-launched paintballs.

Awards
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
Awards

Guidance from the Outside
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
Guidance from the Outside

Chair: Steve Robinson Co-Chair: Sasha Efremov Panelists: Judith Burki-Cohen, Jim Lackner, Paul DiZio, John Tylko, Jay Buckey, Conrad Wall

Some Current Student Research
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
Some Current Student Research

Chair: Aaron Johnson Co-Chair: Torin Clark Panelists: Current MVL Students, introducing their posters to be shown at the reception

The '10s
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
The '10s

Chair: Jeff Hoffman Co-Chair: Julie Shah Panelists: Roedolph Opperman, Alex Stimpson, Jaime Mateus, Thaddeus Fulford-Jones, Victor Wang

The '60s
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
The '60s

Chair: Larry Young Co-Chair: Greg Zacharias Panelists: Ken Li or Wendy Spector, Philip Kilpatrick, Lew Nashner, Peter Benjamin, Howard Hermann

The '70s
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
The '70s

Chair: Chuck Oman Co-Chair: Eli Gai Panelists: Chas Burr, John Tole, Susan Riedel, Elazer Edelman, Sasha Efremov, Bob Renshaw

The '80s
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
The '80s

Chair: Steve Bussolari Co-Chair: Bob Kenyon Panelists: Mark Kulbaski, Divya Chandra, Keoki Jackson, Mark Shelhamer, Ed Marcus

The '90s
  • Aeronautics and astronautics,
  • History
The '90s

Chair: Dava Newman Co-Chair: Dan Merfeld Panelists: Peter Diamandis (video), Ted Liefeld, Chris Carr, Jason Richards, Mindy Gallo Eckman, Erika Wagner, Corinna Lathan

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