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.
This course extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to the aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. 16.100 generally has four components: subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, ...
Discussion of laser linewidth Measurement of laser linewidth using an optical spectrum analyzer Measurement of the fundamental laser linewidth using a two-frequency laser showing the intrinsic spectral width to be much less than 30 Hz
Demonstration of various transverse modes from a laser as a function of cavity alignment Demonstration of the use of an intra-cavity adjustable aperture to control the number of transverse modes that can oscillate Demonstration of the frequency spectrum of laser transverse modes Demonstration ...
This course extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to the aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. 16.100 generally has four components: subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, ...
Demonstration of light amplification by an optical amplifier, using a He-Ne laser and a He-Ne amplifier tube Demonstration of 6% amplification per pass Calibration of detector using a fixed loss Measurement of the effect of amplifier fluorescence on detector output
Demonstration of light inside laser cavity being much stronger than light leaving the laser Discussion of cavity dumping
Description of a linear polarizer Use of a linear polarizer to analyze the state of polarization of light from a laser Demonstration of the change in the state of polarization of light after reflection by two aluminum coated mirrors Use of a linear polarizer to set the state of polarization of ...
Scientists from MIT, Brown University, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and other institutions have mapped the moon's Shackleton crater with unprecedented detail, and found possible evidence for small amounts of ice on the crater's floor.
The 32nd Aeronautics and Astronautics Department Lester D. Gardner Lecture, presented by Yvonne Brill. This lecture was given at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, April 2, 2009.
MIT Professor—and former Navy fighter pilot—Missy Cummings gives a talk at TEDMED 2012.
Aeronautics and astronautics professor discusses how boredom plays a major role in a drone-operators ability to do their job.
Video from the 4-fan 100% throttle ground test of the TALARIS vehicle, a prototype test vehicle for robotic lunar landers. At this throttle level, the vehicle's 4 fans consume 24 kW of power at 500 A and provide a power-to-weight ratio higher than both the Bugatti ...
This short video summarizes the vehicle assembly and flight test activities from approximately April through June 2009.
A penny-sized rocket thruster, designed by MIT's Paulo Lozano, may soon power the smallest satellites in space.
Demonstration of light transmission through a multimode fiber, showing a variety of transverse modes Demonstration of the effect of input alignment changes on transverse modes Demonstration of the effect of fiber bends and stresses on transverse modes Demonstration of single mode behavior in a ...
Demonstration of the operation of an argon ion laser Demonstration of simultaneous multiwavelength operation of an argon laser in the blue-green spectral range
Researchers at Draper Laboratory and MIT discuss and display the small satellite they have built. It will detect Earthlike planets outside our solar system.
