Founded in 2016 and now in our ninth year, we set our sights on space. The Space Exploration Initiative has since grown to 5…
With a launch date no earlier than February 26, 2025, three MIT research payloads aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will travel to the moon
AstroAnt was selected from the Robotics + Automation category.
Castrol supports the AstroAnt Payload Program, a robotic swarm designed for tasks on spacecraft, rovers, and landers.
The Space Exploration Initiative’s 2022 microgravity flight features lunar-specific payloads in advance of an upcoming moon mission
The SeedLabs MicroPET, which began as a Media Lab collaboration, was selected to TIME's 200 Best Inventions of 2023.
Castrol membership supports the AstroAnt Payload Program.
Q+A sessions on two research projects with contributors from MIT and the Media Lab will be livestreamed from the ISS on May 26 and May 28.
The Axiom Mission 2 launch will carry a variety of research from the MIT Media Lab to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 21, 2023
The HUMANS nanowafer, an MIT Space Exploration Initiative student-led project, will travel to the ISS this month, and later to the moon.
A team of scientists, engineers, and designers embark on an Arctic expedition to test space technology.
Space engineers, a geologist, an architect, and a designer journeyed to Svalbard for an expedition with the Space Exploration Initiative
BioX2 (Biological Exploration Payload 2) is targeted for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2022 to be a technolog…
Read about the 2022 zero gravity flight and the projects that flew. This is an annual event hosted by the Space Exploration Initiative.
On August 26, 2021, the MIT Space Exploration Initiative launched to space and back with Blue Origin a second time. The payload, a pr…
SEI Space Analog Mission Application 2022
This mission marks the Media Lab's fourth rocket launch.
Supported by the Space Exploration Initiative, the student-run HUMANS project aims to increase global representation in space.
First taught in Spring 2021 and with future versions planned, Operating in the Lunar Environment is a collaboration between MIT AeroAstro …
Founded in 2016 and now in our fifth year, we set our sights on space. The Space Exploration Initiative has since grown to 5…
Founded in 2016 and now in our eighth year, we set our sights on space. The Space Exploration Initiative has since grown to …