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Alvar Saenz-Otero

Aerospace Engineer

Alvar Saenz-Otero is the director of the MIT Space Systems Laboratory at the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His primary role is as lead scientist of the SPHERES program, where he develops research activities for tests aboard the International Space Station and in ground facilities. The project has contributed to several missions under planning, including the Mars Orbit Sample Return, Stellar Imager, DARPA F6, and DARPA Phoenix. SPHERES also runs the only student competition which annually concludes in space: Zero Robotics. This outreach program allows both middle- and high-school students to write programs for the SPHERES satellites aboard the ISS.

Past Programs Featuring Alvar Saenz-Otero

Sunday, June 1, 2014 | 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

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