River networks on Titan
River networks on Saturn's moon Titan
Researchers at MIT and UT-Knoxville have analyzed images of Titan's river networks and determined that in some regions, rivers have created surprisingly little erosion.
Mapping the Moon's Shackleton Crater
Mapping the Moon's Shackleton Crater
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.
Sarah Garlick: "Wild Stone: Climbing the unclimbed, from ...
Sarah Garlick: "Wild Stone: Climbing the unclimbed, from the Arctic to ...
JAN 31, 2012 Sarah Garlick: "Wild Stone: Climbing the unclimbed, from the Arctic to Arabia," With professional photography, audio clips, and short videos, Garlick tells stories from her latest two expeditions: a journey to the granite big walls of South Greenland, and ...
Keynote Address: Future Exploration Opportunities
Keynote Address: Future Exploration Opportunities
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration A panel of experts will provide a forum for idea generation and strategic planning for the future of exploration. Welcome Dava J. Newman SM '98 PhD '92 - Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics ...
Exploration Visions Panel II
Exploration Visions Panel II
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration A second panel of experts will provide a forum for idea generation and strategic planning for the future of exploration. Welcome Christopher E. Carr '99 SM '01 ScD '05 - Research Scientist, Department of Earth, ...
Closing remarks
Closing remarks
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration Speaker Dava J. Newman SM '89 PhD '92 - Chair, MIT150 Exploration Symposium; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems; Director, Technology and Policy Program, MIT
XCOR Student Showcase Competition: Great Exploration Ideas ...
XCOR Student Showcase Competition: Great Exploration Ideas for the Future
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of ExplorationThe five final student teams share their 'Revolutionary Exploration Ideas for the 21st Century", which will be judged by an invited panel of explorers. Competition website: http://explore.mit.edu.
Nanosatellite Ready to Search for Another Earth
Nanosatellite Ready to Search for Another Earth
Researchers at Draper Laboratory and MIT discuss and display the small satellite they have built. It will detect Earthlike planets outside our solar system.
Explorers' Panel
Explorers' Panel
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration Explorers of earth, air, ocean, and space share the extreme challenges and rewards of universal exploration. Guest appearance by astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman '83, currently aboard the International Space Station. ...
Exploration Visions Panel I
Exploration Visions Panel I
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration A panel of experts will provide a forum for idea generation and strategic planning for the future of exploration. Moderator Ryan L. Kobrick - Event Director, MIT150 Exploration Symposium; Executive Director, Yuri's Night; ...
Welcome - Day 2
Welcome - Day 2
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration Speakers David A. Mindell PhD '96 - Dean, School of Engineering; Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Presentation of XCOR Student Showcase Awards Jeff Greason - Founder and Chief Executive ...
Great Ages of Exploration and Discovery Panel
Great Ages of Exploration and Discovery Panel
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration A historical perspective of exploration and discovery with leading authors. Welcome David A. Mindell PhD '96 - Chair of the MIT150 Steering Committee; Dibner Professor of the History of ...
MIT Astronaut Alumni Panel: Exploration and Discovery
MIT Astronaut Alumni Panel: Exploration and Discovery
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration MIT alumni astronauts discuss spaceflight experiences that range from Gemini to Apollo through the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station missions. Moderators Jeffrey A. Hoffman, ...
Welcome - Day 1
Welcome - Day 1
MIT150 Symposium Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration Speakers W. Eric L. Grimson PhD '80 - MIT Chancellor; Bernard Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering; Professor of Computer Science David A. Mindell PhD '96 - MIT150 Steering Committee; Dibner Professor of the History of ...
Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through ...
Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through Innovation and ...
04/20/2011 4:00 PM 26"100Dr. Robert D. Braun, Chief Technologist, NASADescription: "I don't remember Apollo at all," confesses Robert Braun, NASA's chief technologist. "I feel really bad about it." Nevertheless, he has spent a lot of time reading and thinking about ...
Technology Day 1993 - "Riding the Wave of Innovation: The ...
Technology Day 1993 - "Riding the Wave of Innovation: The Ocean and MIT"
MIT's 1993 Technology Day, on the theme "Riding the Wave of Innovation: The Ocean and MIT," takes place on June 4, 1993. Speakers featured in the morning symposium include Sylvia Earle, "Exploring the Ocean with Unmanned Vehicles;" Robert Spindel, "Measuring the Ocean ...
An Engineering Career - 50 Years Out
An Engineering Career - 50 Years Out
12/01/2010 4:45 PM 10"250Kent Kresa, '59, '61 MS, '66 EAA, Chairman Emeritus, Northrop Grumman CorporationDescription: Returning to his freshman physics classroom after half a century, Kent Kresa still feels passionate about MIT: "It's a place I love; I feel good when I come back, and it's ...
Looking Ahead to the Future of NASA
Looking Ahead to the Future of NASA
05/10/2010 3:00 PM 32"123Gen. Charles Bolden, NASA AdministratorDescription: From the MIT News Office: NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. defended President Barack Obama's controversial plans for the U.S. space agency's future and touted the president's plan to invest billions of ...
Humans in Space
Humans in Space
12/08/2009 6:00 PM MuseumDava Newman, Sm '89, PhD '92, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering SystemsDescription: The future of space exploration is "the Moon, Mars, and beyond." For the human scientist"astronaut, "the issue is one of location and locale," according to Dava ...
Apollo: Reflections and Lessons
Apollo: Reflections and Lessons
06/11/2009 9:30 AM KresgeDr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman, former Space Shuttle astronaut, Professor of the Practice, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT ; Dr. Richard Battin, '45, PhD '51, Director of Apollo guidance, navigation and control system, Senior Lecturer, MIT ; Dr. Aaron Cohen, ...