An alumnus of the class of 1985 writes, "The Synchronized Position Hold Engage Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) flight experiment was developed by ...

An alumnus of the class of 1990 writes, "The Daedalus Human Powered Aircraft was constructed by MIT students and faculty and flown to three world's records for ...

A student from the class of 2012 writes, "MIT alumnus Peter Diamandis started a new form of airshow/racing. Jumbotrons show the audience what the pilot sees as ...

A staff member writes, "A highly accomplished scientist and researcher, Dr. McNair was a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded ...

An alumna of the class of 1972 writes, "Dr. Sheila Widnall is an Institute Professor who served as Secretary of the Air Force from 1993-1997. She received her ...

The Apollo Lunar Module alignment optical telescope is used for in-flight and lunar surface sightings.

The Apollo Guidance Computer was the first modern system to collect and provide flight information, and to automatically control all of the navigational ...

The tunnel became operational in 1938 and is still operating. It played a part in several hundred MIT theses and more than 1,000 technical reports. It features ...