{"id":322,"date":"2023-12-20T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=322"},"modified":"2024-06-27T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T19:18:24","slug":"purdue-reputation-in-space-brings-better-understanding-of-the-stars-planets-and-everything-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q4\/purdue-reputation-in-space-brings-better-understanding-of-the-stars-planets-and-everything-in-between","title":{"rendered":"Purdue reputation in space brings better understanding of the stars, planets and everything in between"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"purdue-initial-words-wrap\"><p class=\"purdue-initial-words\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash;<\/p> \n<p>Purdue University isn\u2019t just the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z_1UqAX7z9s\">Cradle of Astronauts<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\/purdue-boilermakers-in-space\/\">Honoring decades of tradition<\/a>, key discoveries from Purdue space scientists and engineers are advancing knowledge of the universe and missions to the moon or Mars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-quick-links-static \">\n        <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header\"><span>Additional Information<\/span><\/h2>\n        \n        <\/div>\n\n       <ul class=\"quick-links-content\">\n                                        <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\/topic\/purdue-boilermakers-in-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Purdue Boilermakers in Space                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z_1UqAX7z9s\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Purdue University is the Cradle of Astronauts\u2122                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Webb Space Telescope images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Milisavljevic is an astronomer and an expert on star explosions. An associate professor of physics and astronomy in Purdue\u2019s College of Science, Milisavljevic (pronounced mili-sahv-la-vich) leads a project team studying images from the James Webb Space Telescope of Cassiopeia A, a star explosion that happened ten thousand years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q4\/star-of-wonder-dazzling-new-image-of-supernova-cassiopeia-a-released-by-first-lady-jill-biden-and-purdue-astronomer.html\">Star of wonder: Dazzling new image of supernova Cassiopeia A released by First Lady Jill Biden and Purdue astronomer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.physics.purdue.edu\/people\/faculty\/dmilisav.php?\">Dan Milisavljevic<\/a>, dmilisav@purdue.edu, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ap.org\/editorial-photos-videos\/detail?itemid=4d04f007e4694f2290693b059486c5f0&amp;_ga=2.174660514.1495779037.1715973158-2068634865.1715973158\">available video<\/a> (accessible with an Associated Press subscription)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media contact: Brittany Steff, bsteff@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Living long-term on the moon or Mars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To help humans live on the moon or Mars, a Purdue experiment on the International Space Station is collecting the data needed to enable heat and air conditioning that can operate long term in reduced gravity and temperatures hundreds of degrees above or below what we experience on Earth. Issam Mudawar, Purdue\u2019s Betty Ruth and Milton B. Hollander Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering, leads the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q3\/science-enabling-heat-and-air-conditioning-for-long-term-space-habitats-is-almost-fully-available.html\">Science enabling heat and air conditioning for long-term space habitats is almost fully available<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ME\/People\/ptProfile?resource_id=29296&amp;_ga=2.87120792.1495779037.1715973158-2068634865.1715973158&amp;_\">Issam Mudawar<\/a>, mudawar@purdue.edu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RG-72xyJhlw\">available video<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media contact: Kayla Albert, wiles5@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spacecraft metals in Earth\u2019s atmosphere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Cziczo, a professor and head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences in Purdue\u2019s College of Science, was part of a team that discovered significant amounts of metals from spacecraft may be impacting Earth\u2019s atmosphere and ozone layer. Cziczo is an expert in atmospheric science who has spent decades studying this rarefied region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q4\/signatures-of-the-space-age-spacecraft-metals-left-in-the-wake-of-humanitys-path-to-the-stars.html\">Signatures of the Space Age: Spacecraft metals left in the wake of humanity\u2019s path to the stars<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaps.purdue.edu\/people\/profile\/djcziczo.html?\">Dan Cziczo<\/a>, djcziczo@purdue.edu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZqP_KMv8jbo\">available video<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media contact: Brittany Steff, bsteff@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cParking spots\u201d in space<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>David Arnas, a Purdue assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, studies how to design \u201cparking spots\u201d for satellites to help prevent collisions and overcrowding both in areas closer to Earth, where many of these available locations have already been taken, and in other parts of space that will soon see an increase in satellite population, such as the large area between Earth and the moon called the cislunar region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q4\/space-needs-better-parking-spots-to-stay-usable-an-engineer-is-finding-them.html\">Space needs better \u2018parking spots\u2019 to stay usable \u2014 an engineer is finding them<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/AAE\/people\/ptProfile?resource_id=256635&amp;_ga=2.117134854.1495779037.1715973158-2068634865.1715973158&amp;_gl=1*ji4q53*_\">David Arnas<\/a>, darnas@purdue.edu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media contact: Kayla Albert, wiles5@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing home asteroids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle Thompson is a planetary scientist and expert in how asteroids, moons and other planetary bodies react with space \u2014 a process called space weathering. She is one of the first six humans \u2014 and the first woman \u2014 to analyze samples of asteroid Bennu brought to Earth by OSIRIS-REx. Thompson is an associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in Purdue\u2019s College of Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q3\/bringing-home-asteroids-purdue-scientist-will-be-among-the-first-to-examine-asteroid-pieces-from-nasas-osiris-rex-mission.html\">Bringing home asteroids: Purdue scientist is among the first to examine asteroid pieces from NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx mission<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaps.purdue.edu\/people\/profile\/thomp655.html?_gl=1*f72k7v*_ga*MjA2ODYzNDg2NS4xNzE1OTczMTU4*_\">Michelle Thompson<\/a>, mthompson@purdue.edu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nnO_B-DLOto\">available video<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media contact: Brittany Steff, bsteff@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space junk between Earth and the moon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To prevent spacecraft from running into each other, Purdue engineer Carolin Frueh is investigating how to observe and keep track of all human-made objects and predict the impact of their potential damage in near-Earth orbits and the cislunar region. Frueh is the university\u2019s Harold DeGroff, Jr., Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q3\/preventing-traffic-accidents-to-the-moon-and-back.html\">Preventing traffic accidents to the moon and back<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/AAE\/people\/ptProfile?resource_id=111420&amp;_\">Carolin Frueh<\/a>, cfrueh@purdue.edu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFCptDbJNbA\">available video<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media contact: Kayla Albert, wiles5@purdue.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Purdue University <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue University is a public research institution with excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities and with two colleges in the top four in the United States, Purdue discovers and disseminates knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 105,000 students study at Purdue across modalities and locations, with 50,000 in person on the West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue\u2019s main campus has frozen tuition 13 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap, including its first comprehensive urban campus in Indianapolis, the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, and Purdue Computes, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash; Purdue University isn\u2019t just the Cradle of Astronauts. 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