Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
During Tech Day, MIT faculty leaders shared their research on space, which included nanosatellites, manufacturing oxygen on Mars, using black holes to help test fundamental theories of our universe, and exploring the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Plus, two MIT alum astronauts—both in their reunion year—joined the program from the International Space Station, and new MIT president Sally Kornbluth participated in a fireside chat during her first Tech Reunions.
Learn more about the program and speakers at https://alum.mit.edu/events/tech-reunions/tech-day
0:00 Overview of MIT Better World Alumni Service Award and awards ceremony by Stephen Baker
7:47 Exploring Earth's Twin—Taylor Perron
16:23 Black Hole Echoes and Music of the Cosmos—Erin Kara
28:57 Q&A with Maria Zuber
52:39 A Conversation with the ISS
During Tech Day, MIT faculty leaders shared their research on space, which included nanosatellites, manufacturing oxygen on Mars, using black holes to help test fundamental theories of our universe, and exploring the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Plus, two MIT alum astronauts—both in their reunion year—joined the program from the International Space Station, and new MIT president Sally Kornbluth participated in a fireside chat during her first Tech Reunions.
Learn more about the program and speakers at https://alum.mit.edu/events/tech-reunions/tech-day
0:00 Overview of MIT Better World Alumni Service Award and awards ceremony by Stephen Baker
7:47 Exploring Earth's Twin—Taylor Perron
16:23 Black Hole Echoes and Music of the Cosmos—Erin Kara
28:57 Q&A with Maria Zuber
52:39 A Conversation with the ISS
