Ever wonder how we get photos back from Mars or how a satellite is able to detect and alert us about hurricanes? In this hands-on workshop with the MIT Satellite Team, you’ll become a Mission Controller. We’ll learn about CubeSats, tiny satellites the size of a tissue box, and learn how they communicate across the vacuum of space using the basics of binary and packet-based communication (telemetry). You’ll help us run a "Selfie Telemetry" experiment, where we encode, transmit, and decode data across the room just like a real orbiting spacecraft. No rocket science degree required!