Imagine being a part of the Apollo mission that sent the first men to the moon. What was it like to work alongside Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins? And, what are the best-kept secrets about the Apollo 11 mission? Apollo 11’s flight director, Gene Kranz, will present “Go or No-Go: The Untold Story of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing” on July 18. |
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Planting and student tours make for a busy day at the Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center. Twice a year, the workers open the farm to elementary school students in Knox County so they can see how a farm operates. Rain and fog forced postponement of the event. So while farm superintendent Dennis Nowaskie and his team of six workers were busily plugging watermelons into the sandy soil on one side of the farm, another team of volunteers was leading some 450 third-grade students on a tour of the greenhouses, high tunnels and barns located on the site. |
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U.S. Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN-4), a Purdue alumnus, helped celebrate Purdue’s 150th anniversary with a speech May 10 on the floor of the House of Representatives and a congressional proclamation. Baird stopped by Hovde Hall at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus on Wednesday (May 29) to deliver the proclamation in person to President Mitch Daniels.
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Two monumental events in the history of flight and space -- the Wright Brothers’ first power-controlled flight and Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon -- have a unique connection that is now represented in the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives and currently on display at Purdue University’s Archives and Special Collections. |
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Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world. | |
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