Space Exploration Initiative

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NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z. Levay (STScI)

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Vik Parth
Former Research Assistant
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Arielle Johnson
Former Director's Fellow
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Cody Paige
Director of the Space Exploration Initiative
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Ariel Ekblaw
Visiting Scientist
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Sean Auffinger
MIT Space Exploration Initiative Mission Integrator
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Maggie Coblentz
Former Research Specialist
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Sanjana Sharma
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Valentina Sumini
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Xin Liu
Arts Curator, Space Exploration Initiative (External Collaborator)
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Mehak Sarang
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Ara Knaian
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Albert R. Antosca
Former Program Manager, SEI
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Maria Zuber
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Elise O'Hara
Former Administrative Assistant; Former Administrative Assistant and AA@Large
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Shu-Yu Lin
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Joi Ito
Former Director; Former Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences
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Che-Wei Wang
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Neo (Mostafa) Mohsenvand
Former Postdoctoral Associate
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Margarita Mora
Former Director's Fellow
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Chin-Yi Cheng
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Travis Rich
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Hae Won Park
Research Scientist
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Anne Liu
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Leland Melvin
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Nicole L'Huillier
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Andrea Ling
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Levi Cai
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Sunanda Sharma
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Daniel Novy
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Bianca Datta
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Juliana Cherston
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Sands Fish
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Daniel Fitzgerald
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Jianghong Min
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Udayan Umapathi
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Eric Schilling
Senior Manager, Digital Media Strategy
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Jeong Seuk Kang
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Jifei Ou
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Kristy Johnson
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Artem Dementyev
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Daniel Visan Levine
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Carson Smuts
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Jie Qi
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Chrisoula Kapelonis
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Ishaan Grover
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Nicholas Barry
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Amos Golan
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Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar
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Nikhita Singh
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Akshay Mohan
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Tal Achituv
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Other Contributors

MIT Research Collaborators: 

Dava Newman, MVL, AeroAstro

Kerri Cahoy, STARLab, AeroAstro

Ewan Douglas, STARLab, AeroAstro

Noelle Bryan, Zuber Lab, EAPS

Chris Carr, Zuber Lab, EAPS

MIT Lincoln Laboratory Collaborators: 

Marc Bernstein, Associate Director

Bob Shin, Beaverworks

Ken Gregson

Dan Cousins

Jillian James

Research Affiliates & Honorary Members:

Maggie Coblentz

Cady Coleman, ret. NASA Astronaut

Prathima Muniyappa

Vicky Zeamer

UROPs (MIT Undergraduate Researchers)

Aye Htun [Spring 2018 --> Present] 

Siranush Babakhanova [Fall 2017 --> Present]

Elisheva Shuter [Fall 2017 --> Spring 2018]

Tesla Wells [Spring 2018]

Mehitabel Glenhaber [Summer 2018]