Through the generous gift of NASA Langley Research Center, the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics has received permanent ownership of the NASA X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability (EFM) demonstrator model. Previously on loan from NASA, the gift was facilitated by Alumnus Dan Vicroy (BSAAE'80), Senior Research Engineer, Flight Dynamics Branch, at Langley.

The Purdue Association of Mechanical and Electrical Technologists (AMET) aerospace team won best design in the 2014 Global Space Balloon Challenge for the design and construction of a zero-pressure balloon that can fly higher than off-the-shelf that burst in low-pressure environments.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center will rename one of its iconic facilities in honor of legendary astronaut and the first person to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong (BSAE’55, DEA’67, HDR’70, OAE’99).

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AAE) is pleased to announce an expanded option for earning an M.S. degree.

An Orbital Sciences Corporations Antares rocket with the SS Janice Voss (BSE Sc'75) Cygnus spacecraft lifted off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island, Virginia on July 13, 2014 at 12:52pm EDT (1652 GMT).

Prof. Bill Crossley's AAE 451 Team 5 won second place in NASA Langley's University Design Challenge for aircraft design.

Front Row: YiWei Lee, Sara Jacobson, Timothy Nye (First Lead), Brandy Shaffer, Cameron Gantz, Collin Ramsey
Back Row: Nicholas Crass, Daniel St. Pierre (Second Lead), Zachary Harman

Rakesh K. Kapania, Ph.D.'85, was awarded the Boeing Research and Technology Performance and Innovation Award.

Saikumar Reddy Yeratapally wins 2014 International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics alumnus Dr. Mark Brockman, M.S.'86; Ph.D.'97, has been awarded a 2014 Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels will testify about human space flight during a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing Wednesday (June 25).