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The Astronomy Department in CAS. Philip Muirhead, a BU astronomy professor, is leading a team that is assembling a list of red dwarf stars for NASA's latest satellite, TESS, to explore. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU team joins NASA in the search for earth-like planets

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 18, 2018
This week, NASA will launch its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the mission of which, aided by a group of Boston University professors and students, is to locate Earth-like exoplanets.

Man behind the machine: An engineer for the Curiosity rover talks about the mission on Mars

Daily Free Press Admin October 9, 2013

After obtaining a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University in 2005, Matthew Heverly found himself working on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers teams. Working as the lead planner...

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