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Get the latest news about the innovative work being done by Purdue researchers and alumni to push space exploration forward, plus learn more about the Boilermakers who were instrumental in the space program’s evolution.

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Purdue announces launch of Neil Armstrong Space Prize

New international award to honor excellence and innovation in scientific achievement, economic opportunity and global security grounded in space discovery
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Space systems degrees program meets the challenge of modern engineering 

Purdue University is standing at the forefront of expanding space exploration and a future economy with the creation of the first-ever Comprehensive Space Engineering Degrees Program in the country.
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Professor Tim Pourpoint holds an injector plate for a rocket engine, made from transparent 3D-printed plastic

NASA

See-Through Rocket Engines

By building transparent engines, students gained a unique, firsthand view of the inner workings behind the rockets often described only in textbooks.
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Purdue Stories

How Neil Armstrong ‘spawned lots of aerospace engineers’ with one giant leap

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You are cordially invited to a historic announcement - Space, the Next Endless Frontier Presented by Purdue University

Purdue in Space

Announcing a new global prize for space exploration

Join us July 20 in Washington, D.C., as Purdue University celebrates the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and unveils a new international prize honoring excellence in space exploration. Purdue plans to present the award — designed to stand…
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Purdue News

Space Force partnership opens up new opportunities at Purdue

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Purdue Aeronautics and Astronautics

Helping Firefly stick the (lunar) landing

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Purdue College of Engineering News

David Gallagher named director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Two women standing outside near a rocket launchpad with a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on it.

Purdue Stories

Identical twin alumnae help Blue Origin’s New Glenn shoot for the stars

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Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue

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EAPS News

Asteroid sample science hints at an ancient salt lake and conditions in the early solar system

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Purdue College of Engineering News

William Flaherty: the Olympic skiing rocketeer

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