Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 14 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 Welcome from MITAA CEO Whitney Espich
4:40 Nanosatellites for Weather and Communications—Kerri Cahoy
13:34 Sustainability in Space and on Earth: Research Initiatives of the Space Enabled Research Group—Danielle Wood
21:25 Making Oxygen on Mars for Human Exploration—Jeff Hoffman
32:16 Q&A—moderated by Maria Zuber
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 Welcome from MITAA CEO Whitney Espich
4:40 Nanosatellites for Weather and Communications—Kerri Cahoy
13:34 Sustainability in Space and on Earth: Research Initiatives of the Space Enabled Research Group—Danielle Wood
21:25 Making Oxygen on Mars for Human Exploration—Jeff Hoffman
32:16 Q&A—moderated by Maria Zuber
