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Vecna Technologies, founded by MIT alumni Deborah Noel Theobald and Daniel Theobald, has applied robotic and digital technologies to a number of applications in the health care space with an eye toward impact.

MIT Professor Olivier de Weck and graduate student Thomas (Joey) Murphy discuss the importance of NASA's Artemis I mission.

Chloé Gengten, a PhD candidate in MIT AeroAstro, was named a 20 Twenties Award recipient by Aviation Week Network.

After finishing several degrees and a 20-year professional career, George Lordos became an MIT PhD student to work on technologies to enable humans to live on Mars.

An MIT team received first place in NASA's annual RASC-AL competition for their in-situ resource utilization design that produces propellant on Mars from local resources instead of bringing it from Earth.

The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) has awarded 20 projects a total of $5 million over two years in its first-ever 2022 MCSC Seed Awards program. The winning projects are led by principal investigators across all five of MIT’s school

All our fellows bring multiple perspectives and collaborative research to the analysis of space commerce.” — Dr. Michael Simpson AUSTIN , TEXAS, USA, May 4, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Institute of Space Commerce is celebrating the arrival of five new fellows, the firsts of 2021: Ms. Carol Goldstein, Dr. Dava Newman, Mr. Donald James, Mr. Elias de Andrade Jr., and Ms. Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom. These additions continue to enhance the ISC’s focus on enabling the growth...

Marbleheader Dr. Dava Newman joined other female scientists featured on "Mission Unstoppable." Wicked Local As an aerospace biomedical engineer and the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at MIT being a role model is not lost on Dr. Dava Newman. Much of Newman’s life’s work has been focused on designing a new second skin “BioSuit” for space travel. At least one of her prototypes was designed for a woman and some important people have taken notice. “When little girls saw the suit ...

Credits: Image: Dominick Reuter Next image Dava Newman SM ’89, SM ’89, PhD ’92, an MIT professor of aeronautics and astronautics whose groundbreaking work has advanced human performance in space with the goal of interplanetary reach, has been named the new director of the MIT Media Lab, effective July 1, 2021. “Leading the legendary Media Lab is a dream for me, and I can’t wait to help write the next chapter of this uniquely creative, impactful, compa...