tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218611640 2007-07-25 19:07:53 -0400 msrp2007 "Astronaut Performance: From Earth to Mars:" Dr. Dava Newman addresses students from the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/gso/admissions/summer.html">MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)</a>. She discusses human performance in space, and introduces the BioSuit, an advanced spacesuit design. 3985 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218516800 2008-01-30 13:13:25 -0500 MIT Video Productions <p>During June 5th’s Tech Day symposium, a beaming President Chuck Vest had the rare opportunity to interview MIT alumnus and astronaut, Lt. Col. Mike Fincke, at his current residence aboard the International Space Station. Lt. Col. Fincke has been on board since April, and didn't want to miss the chance to briefly join his classmates during their 15 year reunion at MIT.</p><p>This remarkable connection with the space station was made possible by AMPS technology and personnel, most notably Craig Milanesi and Kevin Kirwin. As Astronaut and Alum Mike Fincke told the 1,100 in attendance at Kresge, "When we were setting this (videoconference) up with NASA, they were wondering if we would be able to get good audio and video... I said that if anyone can do great audio and video, it's MIT!"</p> 948 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218473560 2008-01-30 13:31:52 -0500 MIT Video Productions Take a video tour of the International Space Station with MIT Alum Lt. Col. Mike Fincke 621 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218451780 2007-09-11 10:52:29 -0400 MIT Video Productions NASA is returning to the Moon by 2020 as a stepping stone for the human exploration of Mars. Human space exploration will no longer be viewed as a set of isolated missions, but rather as an integrated supply chain in space. As part of a NASA-funded project, MIT, together with its partners at JPL and Payload Systems Inc., is developing a framework for interplanetary logistics. 435 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218430360 2007-05-09 21:17:01 -0400 spheres The MIT Space Systems Laboratory developed the SPHERES laboratory environment to provide DARPA, NASA, and other researchers with a long term, replenishable, and upgradable testbed for the validation of high risk metrology, control, and autonomy technologies for use in formation flight and autnomous docking, rendezvous and reconfiguration algorithms. These technologies are critical to the operation of distributed satellite and docking missions such as Terrestrial Planet Finder and Orbital Express. The laboratory includes three satellites operating aboard the International Space Station, as well as other satellites for ground operations before flight tests.<br /> 288 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218404860 2008-07-21 09:06:00 -0400 AeroAstro MIT AeroAstro Space Systems Lab's SPHERES microsatellites are tested on the International Space Station. 288 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218380160 2009-06-09 16:08:25 -0400 Subject Spotlights A complete understanding of your requirements is fundamental to successful systems engineering, says MIT Professor Aaron Cohen in this talk on the history of the space shuttle. <br><br>See the whole video on <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Aeronautics-and-Astronautics/16-885JFall-2005/CourseHome/index.htm">MIT OCW here</a>. 90 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218353480 2009-06-10 11:31:01 -0400 AeroAstro A tribute to the life and work of Bob Seamans, Associate Administrator of NASA during the Apollo Program, and former Dean of Engineering at MIT. 619 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218331100 2009-06-10 12:26:58 -0400 Subject Spotlights 60 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218304880 2009-06-15 11:15:57 -0400 AeroAstro What is the legacy of the Apollo program, and what can we learn from it to help us confront the scientific and engineering challenges of our own time? This short film kicked off the "Giant Leaps" Symposium commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. The symposium was organized by the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, and held at MIT on June 11, 2009. 679