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background-position: 38.8888888888889% 56.84333139196271%;'> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/events/media-lab/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Event</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Events</span> </div> <h2 class="module-title">Media Lab @ 2019 International Astronautical Congress</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>The International Astronautical Congress in Washington, DC brings together about 5,000 members of the global space comm…</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div class='event-dates'> <div class='event-days'> Monday — Friday </div> <div class='event-start-date'> October 21, 2019 — </div> <div class='event-end-date'> October 25, 2019 </div> </div> <div class='event-times'> <span class='event-start-time'> </span> <span class='event-end-time'> </span> </div> <div> <a href='/people/sands/overview/'>Sands Fish</a> · <a href='/people/aekblaw/overview/'>Ariel Ekblaw</a> +12 more </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=space'>#space</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/events/space-exploration-initiative/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2019/08/19/maxresdefault (1).jpg.800x800.jpg"); 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background-position: 50.0% 50.0%;'> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/events/natgeo-student-expeditions/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Event</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Events</span> </div> <h2 class="module-title">NatGeo Student Expeditions 2019</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>The Space Exploration Initiative is delighted to host young explorers from National Geographic's Student Expeditions for their 2019 pr…</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div class='event-dates'> <div class='event-days'> Friday — Saturday </div> <div class='event-start-date'> July 26, 2019 — </div> <div class='event-end-date'> July 27, 2019 </div> </div> <div class='event-times'> <span class='event-start-time'> </span> <span class='event-end-time'> </span> </div> <div> <a href='/people/aekblaw/overview/'>Ariel Ekblaw</a> · <a href='/people/ave/overview/'>Avery Normandin</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/events/from-the-moon-with-love/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2019/07/15/337294main_pg62_as11-40-5903_full.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 50.2249718785152% 20.0126409633745%;'> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/events/from-the-moon-with-love/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Event</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Events</span> </div> <h2 class="module-title">MLTalks—To the Moon to Stay | From the Moon with Love</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Join us for a panel discussion on space exploration, in the glow of the many Apollo 11 celebrations.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div class='event-dates'> <div class='event-days'> Thursday </div> <div class='event-start-date'> July 25, 2019 </div> <div class='event-end-date'> </div> </div> <div class='event-times'> <span class='event-start-time'> 2:30pm — </span> <span class='event-end-time'> 4:00pm <span>ET</span> </span> </div> <div> <a href='/people/joi/overview/'>Joi Ito</a> · <a href='/people/aekblaw/overview/'>Ariel Ekblaw</a> +1 more </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=robotics'>#robotics</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=design'>#design</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=art'>#art</a> +4 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/events/satellite-tinkering-with-the-youth-science-initiative/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2019/08/11/Screen Shot 2019-08-07 at 10.37.30 AM_skfNAHb.png.800x800.png"); 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