Astronauts

3 Questions: Jeffrey Hoffman on the Space Shuttle at 30Anniversary of the first shuttle flight comes just as it nears retirement, but the vehicle has changed space travel dramatically.

Alum-astronaut Robert Satcher: ‘We need to get everybody on board’Delivers keynote address at the annual Laureates and Leaders induction ceremony

Lending a handMIT researchers may be closer to understanding why spacesuit gloves hurt astronauts’ hands.

Operating in orbitAstronaut and alumnus Bobby Satcher recounts his experience as the first orthopedic surgeon in space

First tweets in space made by alumnusAstronaut Creamer says 'Hello Twitterverse!' from the ISS

Astronaut and orthopedic surgeon Bobby Satcher tweets his NASA missionThe shuttle Atlantis brought seven astronauts including Robert Satcher ’86, PhD ’93, an orthopedic surgeon who tweeted through space, back to Earth on Nov. 27, after a 11-day NASA mission to stock the International Space Station.