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Cody Paige

Director of the Space Exploration Initiative
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Cambridge Science Festival: Innovation Under the Stars Gallery

A selection of Images from Cambridge Science Festival 2024 | MIT Media Lab Presents: Innovation Under the Stars.
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Media Lab + Castrol Collaboration: Lava Tubes

Lava tubes—massive underground tunnels formed by ancient lava flows—offer a glimpse into potential human habitats under the lunar surface.
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Media Lab + Castrol Collaboration: Somewhere like the moon

Before researchers send a project like AstroAnt to the lunar surface, they have to test it somewhere like the moon.
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Media Lab + Castrol Collaboration: Test, test, test

Terrestrial tests help to ensure that the AstroAnt's teeny-tiny wheels keep turning when it reaches the moon.
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Media Lab + Castrol Collaboration: Meet AstroAnt

This miniaturized swarm robot can ride atop a lunar rover and collect data related to its health.
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Castrol collaboration supports research on Lunar Landings

Castrol supports the AstroAnt Payload Program, a robotic swarm designed for tasks on spacecraft, rovers, and landers.
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The IM-2 Moon mission will carry a blend of science and art

The IM-2 Moon Mission will carry three projects from the Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative and collaborators.
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A parabolic roller coaster into the future of space and lunar exploration

Media Lab SEI’s 2024 microgravity flight features 37 parabolas and projects focused on health in space, walking in zero gravity, and more!
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Pioneering Space Exploration + Data: Women Lead MIT Media Lab's Future Worlds Research

At the MIT Media Lab, visionary women are at the forefront of groundbreaking research in space exploration and sustainable climate solution…
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Designing for outer space

With NASA planning permanent bases in space and on the moon, MIT students develop prototypes for habitats far from planet Earth.
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To Lunar Gravity and Back: What reduced gravity flights can teach us about our future in space

The Space Exploration Initiative’s 2022 microgravity flight features lunar-specific payloads in advance of an upcoming moon mission
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Convergence: Artistic Explorations from Nature to Society Exhibition at NARLabs

Convergence: Artistic Exploration from Nature to SocietyNARLabs, Taipei, Taiwan May 10 - August 10, 2024 Guided by the Taiwa…
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Day 6 - Karman Vortex Lanzarote

On day 6 we got a chance to come back to Jameo de la Puerta Falsa to recover more data and scans of the lava tube, as well as to do some sc…
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Day 7 - Local culture and recharge

After a very full week of intense research and field work, we were all ready for some downtime to go through the data we'd collected, asses…
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Day 2 - Permits and field school

Our second day, though not the most exciting in imagery and data, was critical for the success of the expedition.
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Day 4 - Timanfaya and the Cueva de los Verdes Lava Tube

Today we got to know the most recent geologic history of the island while visiting Timanfaya National Park.
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Day 1 - Arrival

The team packed up the truck and departed the Media Lab for the airport on Saturday afternoon.  Flying through Madrid, we arrived in L…
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Preparing for Lanzarote

Leading up to our departure the team tested all our hardware to make sure that it all works in the lab before exposing it to the more rugge…
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Research Group Overview: Space Exploration Initiative

Democratizing access to space.
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Zero Gravity Flight 2024

Founded in 2016 and now in our eighth year, we set our sights on space. The Space Exploration Initiative has since grown to …