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Chris Pine to narrate documentary “Space: The New Frontier”
Deadline | Aurelia Institute is featured in the new documentary made for IMAX, and will offer STEM outreach programming related to the film.
Space Habitats, Engineering & Design
Know Time | Annika Rollock discusses self-assembling space architecture, the psychological challenges of space missions, and engineering the space habitats of the future.
Sitting Down For Family Dinner Aboard Space Stations
The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward | A conversation with Sana Sharma and Majenta Strongheart on daily life in space beyond “the mission,” and how Aurelia Institute takes a more humanist approach to designing for space.
A New Frontier for Architects: The Evolution of Space Exploration
NCARB | As the opening speaker at NCARB’s inaugural Futures Symposium, Ariel Ekblaw made the case that the expansion of the space industry should also be considered when it comes to opportunities to protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare.
The best concert of your life might not be on Earth
Washington Post | Opinion columnist Bina Venkataraman talks to Ariel Ekblaw and other experts about what it will take to make space a place to experience something unique and transcendent.
Annika Rollock talks Trade Study on T-Minus Space Daily
T-Minus Space Daily | Aurelia Institute Director of Engineering Annika Rollock discusses the first-of-its-kind Space Architecture Trade Study
Architecture for Inhabiting Space: Tessellated Reconfigurable Structures for Adaptive Environments
ArchDaily | Aurelia Institute Chief Design Officer Sana Sharma talks to Enrique Tovar about the TESSERAE pavilion and evolving concepts of space architecture.
Possible: Ariel Ekblaw on the Future of Space Exploration
Possible Podcast | Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger talk with Ariel Ekblaw about democratizing access to space and using advancements in space technology to improve life on Earth, now and in the future.
Ariel Ekblaw Wants To Go to Space So We Can Save Earth
Inverse | The founder and CEO of Aurelia Institute is engineering small wonders with a big goal: making sure Earth remains our home.
The People Who Will Change the World: Ariel Ekblaw
LBC Radio | Aurelia Institute founder and CEO Ariel Ekblaw joins LBC Radio host Tom Swarbrick for a conversation about the vision, technology, and logistics of building habitable structures in space.
Ariel Ekblaw featured in Fast company
Fast Company | The founder of both the Aurelia Institute and the MIT Space Exploration Initiative discusses accessibility needs for human spaceflight and how she draws inspiration from science fiction.
TESSERAE featured in Dezeen
Dezeen | MIT Media Lab trials modular tiles that self-assemble into “entirely novel type of space architecture.”
The SpaceX Ax-1 Mission Has Futuristic Self-Assembling Tech to Try Out | CNET
CNET | Learn more about TESSERAE’s April 8th Ax-1 launch and mission to the International Space Station to test a functional geodesic dome habitat prototype in microgravity.
Self-assembling space megastructures for sustaining human life | Lex Fridman Podcast
Aurelia Institute's Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Ariel Ekblaw talks space Colonization and self-assembling space megastructures with Lex Fridman.