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Aurelia Institute selected for 2024 Fast Company Next Big Things in Tech Award
Fast Company | The Aurelia team is recognized in the Small But Mighty category
Aurelia to test subscale self-assembling space station technology
Aviation Week | Garrett Reim tours the TESSERAE Space Habitat Pavilion and talks with Ariel Ekblaw about Aurelia’s self-assembling tile technology
Space architects are preparing for humanity's return to the moon
Dezeen | Space-related architecture has seen an explosion in activity over the past few years, with the development of off-earth construction methods, zero-gravity interior design and even a dedicated masters' programme.
Aurelia Institute featured in Domus
Domus | In the July-August issue of Domus, Norman Foster looks at the future of flight and space: starting from innovations that will enable new exploration all the way to the influences on the world of design.
Aurelia Institute brings TESSERAE Pavilion to Seattle's Museum of Flight Exhibition
GlobeNewsWire | Self-assembling space habitat mock-up offers an opportunity for visitors to see themselves in the future of space exploration
Aurelia Institute designs geodesic spacecraft for "leading good lives" in orbit
Dezeen | Ariel Ekblaw and co-founder/Chief Design Officer Sana Sharma discuss the vision behind the TESSERAE space habitat pavilion.
This futuristic space habitat is designed to self-assemble in orbit
MIT Technology Review | The structure can be carried into space compactly, potentially lowering launch costs.
Boiling Macaroni in Space? You’ll Need a Weirdly Shaped Pot
SciAm | Larissa Zhou’s H0TP0T project will be displayed on Aurelia’s TESSERAE space habitat pavilion
Space Agent: Scientist Ariel Ekblaw is Pioneering Projects Designed to Help Us Thrive in Space
Success | Take your vision of the future, multiply it by a few light-years, and you have a glimpse into the possibilities in the mind and career of Ariel Ekblaw
Museum of Flight exhibition celebrates 150 years of space station dreams and realities
GeekWire | Aurelia Institute’s TESSERAE tiles are featured alongside NASA artifacts, a 3D-printed model ISS, and interactive displays
2024 Humans In Space Challenge: A global call for startups and researchers to launch their ideas into orbit
Payload | Aurelia Institute is proud to continue to offer support and mentorship through Boryung’s HIS program.
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.