MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

MIT AeroAstro prepares engineers for success and leadership in the conception, design, implementation, and operation of aerospace and related engineering systems. We achieve this through our commitment to: educational excellence; creation, development, and application of technologies critical to aerospace vehicle and information engineering; and to the architecture and engineering of complex high-performance systems.

Our goals are: educate tomorrow’s leaders through innovative educational programs and pedagogies that have as their context the conception, design, implementation, and operation of systems and processes; create research opportunities that generate inventions, technologies, and solutions to contemporary aerospace problems; and provide leadership to MIT and the aerospace community.

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	TRIUBUTE TO BOB — Robert Seamans Jr. was NASA Assoc. Director during Apollo. He was also MIT Dean of Engineering and an AeroAstro professor. A video tribute to Bob, produced by the department, debuted June 10.
	THE EAGLE HAS LANDED ... AGAIN — 40 years after they paired up to explore the lunar surface, Neil Armstrong (left) and Buzz Aldrin reunite beside a (hack) Lunar Module on the MIT campus surface. Neil and Buzz were participants in the June 10-12 Apollo 40th anniversary event sponsored by AeroAstro. enlarge