'Purdue's Place in Space' shown in exhibit

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July 20, 2009

'Purdue's Place in Space' shown in exhibit

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Jyoti Iyer Mathur, the educational programs coordinator for Purdue's Computing Research Institute, views artifacts at the Purdue Libraries' Archives and Special Collections exhibit "Purdue's Place in Space: From the Midwest to the Moon" on Monday (July 20). The exhibit, celebrating Purdue's rich tradition in space travel and the 40th anniversary of alumnus Neil Armstrong's lunar landing, opened Monday and runs through Oct. 30 in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center on campus. Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, and alumnus Eugene Cernan, the most recent person to do so, have donated personal papers to the university.

The exhibit also has artifacts, photos and mementos from other alumni astronauts. The Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives Center is located on the fourth floor of the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library in Stewart Center.

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