Aeronautics and Astronautics

This is a collection of links to audio/video lectures on aeronautics and astronautics from MIT OpenCourseWare and other websites such as YouTube.

MIT OpenCourseWare
Video/text 16.01/16.02/16.03/16.04 - Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV
Video/text 16.346 - Astrodynamics
Video/text 16.660 - Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods
Video/text 16.810 - Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping
Audio/video 16.885J - Aircraft Systems Engineering

Video 2007: History of rocketry and space (Gruntman)

Over fifty years ago, the Soviet Union and the United States launched into space the first artificial satellites of the Earth. ...

Video Future of Commercial Aviation: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner

In this University of Washington program, Al Miller, director of Technology Integration for the 787 Dreamliner program at the Boeing Company, and Mark Tuttle, chair of the mechanical engineering department at the University of Washington, ...

Video Sustainable Aviation

January 21, 2009 lecture by Ilan Kroo for the Woods Energy Seminar (ENERGY301). In his talk "Future Air Transportation and the Environment," Kroo discusses the impact of aviation on the environment and the idea of "sustainable" aviation. ...

Video Flight: The Next 100 Years

This panel delves into both the fabled and likely future of air travel. As a boy, Joseph Corn treasured thePopular Mechanics issue whose cover featured a man parking a helicopter in the garage. ...

Video Space Suit: The World's Smallest Spacecraft

Dava J. Newman. Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT. Dava Newman describes and demonstrates her innovative custom-fitted space suit, which combines science, engineering, and art, and gives astronauts ...