Take a Ride on the Centrifuge
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.
Rocket Science!
Rocket Science!
Ever want to know what it's like to be a rocket scientist? Learn some of the basics of rockets to impress your friends.
Eyes on the stars
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.
Highlights of Endeavour's fifth flight
Highlights of Endeavour's fifth flight
STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission and launched on Dec. 2, 1993.
Missy Cummings at TEDMED
Missy Cummings at TEDMED
MIT Professor—and former Navy fighter pilot—Missy Cummings gives a talk at TEDMED 2012.
Putting it together: the modular car
Putting it together: the modular car
With the 10^5 Competition, MIT's Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) will leverage distributed innovation to build a better car.
MIT News at Noon with Missy Cummings
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.
Moving Beyond Materiality: MIT Visiting Artist Tomas ...
Moving Beyond Materiality: MIT Visiting Artist Tomas Saraceno
In this public lecture, MIT Visiting Artist Tomas Saraceno discussed the speculative context and experimental materials of his Cloud Cities with Nader Tehrani and Anton Garcia-Abril
Harnessing the Wind at MIT: Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel
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
How to move an asteroid
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.
Guidance from the Outside
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
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
The '10s
Chair: Jeff Hoffman Co-Chair: Julie Shah Panelists: Roedolph Opperman, Alex Stimpson, Jaime Mateus, Thaddeus Fulford-Jones, Victor Wang
The '60s
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
The '70s
Chair: Chuck Oman Co-Chair: Eli Gai Panelists: Chas Burr, John Tole, Susan Riedel, Elazer Edelman, Sasha Efremov, Bob Renshaw
The '80s
The '80s
Chair: Steve Bussolari Co-Chair: Bob Kenyon Panelists: Mark Kulbaski, Divya Chandra, Keoki Jackson, Mark Shelhamer, Ed Marcus
