Faculty and Research

MIT AeroAstro is home to the world's leading aerospace teachers and researchers. Our community includes a former space shuttle astronaut, a former secretary of the Air Force, two former NASA associate administrators, a former Air Force chief scientist, and numerous National Academy of Engineering members and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautic fellows.

Our research and teaching range from silent aircraft; to alternative jet fuels; to highly flexible space suits woven skin-tight on their inhabitants; to unmanned vehicles capable of complex maneuvers without human intervention; to constellations of tiny satellites that, in concert, far outperform the single, large satellites of the past; to the development of ultra-wide bandwidth communications. These projects will make our environment cleaner and quieter; improve our health and safety; increase our mobility; heighten our efficiency; enable us to explore frontiers far beyond our current limitations.

You're invited to learn more about our research labs, our faculty, and the AeroAstro sectors with which they're aligned.