Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

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Watch live now as the Zero Robotics education program hosts our international high school competition! Zero Robotics is led by Team @space_enabled & Innovation Learning Center. Teams from 17 countries and 19 US states join our space programming challenge! web.mit.edu/webcast/zerorobo…
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Media Lab Prof. @space_enabled talks to @washingtonpost about how politics can affect space travel, noting that every visit to space — whether it's a commercial flight or a state-sponsored mission — requires government authorization. media.mit.edu/articles/three…
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In The Tech, Prof. Danielle Wood discusses her path to MIT, from a high school internship at @NASA, through undergraduate and graduate studies at the Institute, back to NASA and @johnshopkins, and finally to founding the @space_enabled group at the Media Lab. media.mit.edu/articles/meet-…
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"When people hear the term 'space technology', they tend to picture rocket launches, or maybe missions to the Moon ... Other types of space activity with strong social impact tend to get less attention" @space_enabled newhumanist.org.uk/articles/…
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31 Oct 2025
This winter, Zero Robotics—an education outreach program led by Prof. Danielle Wood, @space_enabled, and the Innovation Learning Center—invites teams of US high school students to program Astrobee robots to manage crops in microgravity! Team registration closes Nov. 21. Learn more at media.mit.edu/posts/zero-rob…
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Media Lab Prof. Danielle Wood (@space_enabled) and alum Dr. Joy Buolamwini (@jovialjoy) are among the MIT community members featured in The Genius Within, a new public art installation in Kendall Square (Cambridge, Massachusetts). media.mit.edu/posts/media-la…
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26 Aug 2025
In @Nature, Prof. @space_enabled makes the case for continuing to support NASA’s Earth-observation satellite programs, which are vital to understanding and protecting the environment. rdcu.be/eCt9c
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30 Jun 2025
Explore the 2025 MIT Summer Reading List, which includes work from Media Lab Professor Danielle Wood, director of the @space_enabled research group! news.mit.edu/2025/summer-rea…
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16 Jul 2025
On @bloomberg’s “The Close,” Media Lab Prof. Danielle Wood (@space_enabled) talks to host Romaine Bostick about the future of space exploration, NASA’s evolving role, public-private collaboration, and how the next generation of scientists is advancing a more equitable and sustainable vision for space. media.mit.edu/articles/futur…
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11 Mar 2025
Last month, Prof. Danielle Wood (@space_enabled) and collaborators presented "Harriet Jacobs: Journey to Saturn,” as part of MIT's Artfinity celebration. This multimedia choreopoem combines spoken word, music, and dance to examine concepts of space through the writings of 19th-century African American poets and abolitionists, revealing a perspective of home visible only through satellite imagery. Photo credit: Doug Segars artfinity.mit.edu/event/harr…
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Watch: Video of the first-ever High School Zero Robotics competition using the NASA Astrobee robot is available now! This event was hosted by @NASA's oldest active astronaut, @astro_Pettit. Zero Robotics is an educational outreach program that invites youth to program space robots; it is led by Prof. Danielle Wood, @space_enabled, and the Innovation Learning Center. media.mit.edu/events/2025-ze…
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Join me virtually or live March 4-5 for 11th Space Traffic Management Conference as I co-host with International Academy of Astronautics & Prof @moribajah of @UTAustin. See agenda & register: bit.ly/STM25 Thanks to @MITREcorp, @NorthStarEandS, IAA, & all sponsors!
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26 Feb 2025
At 7pm ET on Feb. 28, Prof. Danielle Wood (@space_enabled) and collaborators will present "Harriet Jacobs: Journey to Saturn." Part of MIT's Artfinity celebration, this choreopoem explores our view of Earth from space. The multimedia performance combines spoken word, music, and dance to examine concepts of space through the writings of 19th-century African American poets and abolitionists, revealing a perspective of home visible only through satellite imagery. artfinity.mit.edu/event/harr…
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20 Feb 2025
Starting at 8am ET, tune into the livestream of the first-ever High School Zero Robotics competition using the NASA Astrobee robot! The event will be hosted by @NASA's oldest active astronaut, @astro_Pettit. Zero Robotics is an educational outreach program that invites youth to program space robots; it is led by Prof. Danielle Wood, @space_enabled, and the Innovation Learning Center. media.mit.edu/events/2025-ze…
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18 Oct 2024
Team @Space_Enabled is presenting nine papers this week at #IAC2024 in Milan, Italy, along with a large group of faculty and students from MIT. The Space Enabled papers highlight recent impact using Systems Engineering and the EVDT (Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology) Framework to create sustainable and accessible space applications using Earth Science and Microgravity Research. media.mit.edu/posts/team-spa…
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🚨🚨🚨I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Toxic Prisons Mapping Project, Beta - a participatory research initiative to map the environmental hazards faced by prisons, jails, and detention centers. See toxicprisons.com & 🧵 below
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25 Sep 2024
Incarcerated people in US prisons are particularly susceptible to increased summer temperatures, such as the extreme heat waves of this past summer. In a new study, MIT researchers including Media Lab @mitaeroastro alum @ItsUfuoma Prof. @Space_Enabled combine high-spatial-resolution air temperature data with census data and information from the US Department of Homeland Security to map summertime heat exposure in prisons across the United States. The study, published in @theAGU’s GeoHealth journal, provides policymakers and community leaders with ways to estimate, and take steps to address, a prison population’s heat risk, which could worsen with climate change. news.mit.edu/2024/study-eval…
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At 7pm ET on Sept. 22, Media Lab Prof. Danielle Wood (@space_enabled) will host a screening of "Sweetwater" in association with @BostonFilmFest. The event will include a Q A with lead actor @everettosborne and Director Martin Guigui. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. media.mit.edu/events/media-l…
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Join Team @space_enabled today at 10am ET for our first in the 2024 Webinar series on our #EVDT Environmental Modeling Framework. Learn how we work with leaders around the global to apply #Space4sdgs! media.mit.edu/events/evdt-co…
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