Satellites
NASA selects MIT-led TESS project for 2017 mission
April 5, 2013
$200 million project will launch telescopes to perform full-sky search for transiting exoplanets.
Students take control of satellites on the International Space Station
January 15, 2013
200 high-school students participate in MIT’s annual Zero Robotics competition.
MIT-developed ‘microthrusters’ could propel small satellites
August 17, 2012
As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams.
Research update: SPHERES to get powerful magnets and goggles
August 2, 2012
New wireless power and camera setups will expand the mini-satellites’ vision and navigation capabilities.
X-ray monitoring mission comes to an end
March 13, 2012
The RXTE satellite retires after 16 years.
Also labeled: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Kavli Institute, NASA, Neutron Stars, Physics, Research, Space, astronomy and planetary science, X-ray
Tiny 3-D chips
February 28, 2012
MIT researchers develop a new approach to producing three-dimensional microchips.
Astronomers find a dark matter galaxy far, far away
January 19, 2012
Discovery could offer clues on the nature of dark matter.
Satellites in the developing world
August 4, 2011
An MIT researcher looks at a growing trend in a number of developing countries: national satellite programs.







