Explore the Final Frontier with MIT Open Learning!
In honor of MIT Space Week, the Institute’s annual celebration of all things astronautical, we’ve put together a list of free MIT resources you can access to explore the cosmos, right from your computer.
Listen to space-themed episodes of MIT OpenCourseWare’s Chalk Radio podcast:
- “Visualizing the Future of Spaceship Earth” with Prof. Dava Newman
- “Seeing the Big Picture from Space” with astronaut Jeff Hoffman
- “Searching for the Oldest Stars” with Prof. Anna Frebel
Explore courses and materials from MIT’s space experts:
MITx courses:
- Introduction to Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics and Human Spaceflight
- Engineering the Space Shuttle
MIT OpenCourseWare materials:
- Introduction to Aerospace Engineering and Design
- Introduction to Propulsion Systems
- Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering
- Space Propulsion (graduate course)
Follow along:
- Operating in the Lunar Environment, MIT AeroAstro and MIT Media Lab’s joint course offering, providing an in-depth, hands-on exploration into the design and engineering challenges posed by operating in the lunar environment.
- Prototyping Our Sci-Fi Space Future, the Space Exploration Initiative’s course on project development, prototyping, and deployment readiness for parabolic flights.
Outreach and Engagement:
Especially for pK-12 learners: dive into one of Full STEAM Ahead’s interactive, Earth-and-space-themed Learning Packages:
For explorers of all ages: find activity prompts, instructables, facilitation guides; and more from the Space Exploration Initiative.
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