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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.

StarTalk: The Research Powering Humanity’s First Space Civilization
StarTalk | Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Matt Kirshen explore the possibilities of tessellated space structures, artificial gravity, and other challenges of space living with Aurelia Institute CEO Ariel Ekblaw.

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.