Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

Crewmembers of an earlier mission at the Mars Society Desert Research Station in Utah set out for an exploratory trip on their all-terrain vehicles, wearing simulated space suits.

The next-best thing to being on Mars

February 25, 2008

Down to earth: Alumnus Tani returns from space station

February 22, 2008

Physics professor Jacqueline Hewitt, director of MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Science, stands behind a prototype of a radio telescope array. A team she leads has been chosen by NASA to develop plans for such an array on the far side of the moon.

MIT to lead development of new telescopes on moon

February 15, 2008

Mercury rising: New images of planet draw interest

February 1, 2008

Waitz to lead Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

January 11, 2008

Robert Weber, Lincoln Lab physicist, 81

January 8, 2008

Akiva Yaglom, research fellow, dies at 86

December 18, 2007

The twin GRAIL satellites will orbit the moon close together, and constantly monitor the exact timing of radio transmissions between them to reveal any perturbations in their motion caused by variations in the moon's gravity field.

MIT to lead ambitious lunar mission

Twin satellites will study the moon's gravitational pull

December 14, 2007

MIT instrument finds surprises at solar system's edge

December 10, 2007

'New Space' leaders and ex-astronauts to speak at MIT Nov. 9-12

November 8, 2007

Crawley, Schindall to direct Gordon-MIT program

November 7, 2007

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MIT finishes fourth in DARPA challenge for robotic vehicles

November 5, 2007

MIT's 'robocar' negotiated a course without a driver to advance to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge.

MIT's 'robocar' named a finalist in DARPA Urban Challenge

November 1, 2007

Bat and mouse game

October 5, 2007

Helicopters coming to Briggs Field Sept. 19

September 18, 2007

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