3 Questions: Jeffrey Hoffman on the Space Shuttle at 30
Anniversary of the first shuttle flight comes just as it nears retirement, but the vehicle has changed space travel dramatically.
Alum-astronaut Robert Satcher: ‘We need to get everybody on board’
Delivers keynote address at the annual Laureates and Leaders induction ceremony
Lending a hand
MIT researchers may be closer to understanding why spacesuit gloves hurt astronauts’ hands.
Operating in orbit
Astronaut and alumnus Bobby Satcher recounts his experience as the first orthopedic surgeon in space
John Holdren keynote at AeroAstro Giant Leaps
The next 'Giant Leaps' in energy, environment and air transportation
Astronaut and orthopedic surgeon Bobby Satcher tweets his NASA mission
The shuttle Atlantis brought seven astronauts including Robert Satcher ’86, PhD ’93, an orthopedic surgeon who tweeted through space, back to Earth on Nov. 27, after a 11-day NASA mission to stock the International Space Station.