The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics was pleased to welcome four Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) students who were on campus for the July 2014 Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects (STEP) program.

Two Purdue University undergraduate research teams won awards at the 2014 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Region III Student Conference this spring.

Students taking the Zero-Gravity Flight Experiment course at Purdue University will see their creation soar to the upper atmosphere to study a new green propellant, partnering with Aerojet Rocketdyne to demonstrate that the propellant can replace the traditional but highly toxic hydrazine fuel.

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.