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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)
The human experience of food extends far beyond that of mere nourishment. Debriefs with astronauts tell us that food is a key, creat...
Food in space has moved beyond that which is simply developed down on Earth for space purposes. A new food culture will emerge as a resul...
Games are a uniquely human endeavour, reducing stress and supporting mental well-being. Astronauts aboard the ISS have created their own ...
The Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative is driven by an effort to democratize the future of space exploration. As such, we are committ...
The widespread synthesis of common organic building blocks in space could have biased life beyond Earth towards chemical similarities to ...
The future of human life outside of Earth will heavily depend on the ability to fabricate and manufacture things. Yet fabrication in spac...
Can a modified snap bracelet be used to land infrastructure on an asteroid? It is notoriously difficult to stick a landing on a low ...
The future of human habitation in space, from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to planetary systems far beyond, lies in self-assembling, adaptive, a...
Gravity is the anchor of all existences on earth, pulling the chaotic world to one single point in every moment of life. Even ...
Structurally, zero gravity means that we do not have to contend with architecture's greatest arch-nemesis, gravity. This opens up a new w...
Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a new imaging modality developed by MIT Media Lab's Synthetic Neurobiology group. ExM allows biomolecules t...
The Orbit Weaver Suit for zero gravity was designed by Media Lab Director's Fellow Andrea Lauer in collaboration with ...
The Scratch Team invited young people from around the world to create Scratch projects designed specifically to be played in zero gr...
The brain uses space to index, organize, and retrieve memories. However, our sense of space depends on our perception of gravity. We...
This project seeks to examine the effects of altered gravity on an individual’s physiology during parabolic flight. Specifically, we will...
Today, the environments that humans occupy in space are designed for survival. Humans are carefully shuttled to and from space, and durin...
Each new technology forces us to confront who we are as humans. As technological innovations in deep space exploration keep advanci...