Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

Former Professor Mollo-Christensen, concentration camp survivor, 86

February 25, 2009

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Taylor Matlock, center, principal research scientist Oleg V. Batishchev, left, and Dan Stiurca, junior in electrical engineering and computer science, right, work on adjusting a prototype of a new plasma rocket.

New rocket aims for cheaper nudges in space

Plasma thruster is small, runs on inexpensive gases

February 24, 2009

The TransitionÂ® Roadable Light Sport Aircraft Proof of Concept with wings extended at Lawrence Municipal Airport.

Road-worthy plane? Or sky-worthy car?

Alums to begin test flights of 'roadable plane'

February 2, 2009

MIT scientists to be key Lunar Institute members

January 12, 2009

MIT joins $30 million race to the moon

Aero-Astro professors, students are part of mystery team in lunar competition

December 17, 2008

A new vision for people in space

Report outlines goals for future of human space program

December 16, 2008

Developing a better flight plan for weather forecasting

Flying robots could give people more time to prepare for the worst

December 11, 2008

Pan-STARRS 1 prototype, part of the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, Haleakala mountain, Maui.

Early warning of dangerous asteroids and comets

Detectors developed at Lincoln Laboratory deployed in powerful telescope

November 18, 2008

Into the wild blue yonder

November 5, 2008

NASA Astronaut Greg Chamitoff PhD '92 catches a meal near the galley of the International Space Station. Michael Fincke '89 will be joining him shortly.

A giant leap for MIT: 4 alumni-astronauts will simultaneously be in orbit

October 29, 2008

Sky's the limit for Aero-Astro department

September 30, 2008

Nicholas Roy, left, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, and Seth Teller, professor of computer science and engineering, stand next to the robotic wheelchair they co-designed, which can be navigated by vocal command.

Robot wheelchair finds its own way

MIT invention responds to user's spoken commands

September 19, 2008

Graphic shows four radio observatories in Hawaii, Arizona and California linked to create a 2,800-mile-wide virtual telescope.

New virtual telescope zooms in on Milky Way's super-massive black hole

September 3, 2008

MIT's venerable Millstone Hill Radar antenna is getting an upgrade, which will allow it to continue its work cataloging objects circling Earth and monitoring satellite and spacecraft launches.

Sputnik-era antenna gets 21st century upgrade

August 7, 2008

Lincoln Lab team wins aero-astro award

August 5, 2008

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