Ali Bramson, assistant professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, shares the biggest space missions scheduled for 2024. These include NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Martian Moons Exploration.
Vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds (faster than Mach 5) experience tremendous aerodynamic stress. Purdue researchers are investigating ways of managing that stress passively, using materials and geometry built into the vehicle’s body design.
Boilermaker basketball culture is bettered by a trio of legacy players. Carson Barrett, Chase Martin and Brian Waddell all followed in their fathers’ footsteps, becoming a part of Purdue basketball and representing the team’s strength on and off the court. Learn more about their stories.
