A paper by AAE Professor Tim Pourpoint and his team was selected for the 2021 AIAA Liquid Propulsion Best Paper Award from the Propulsion and Energy Forum held virtually this past August.

Two AAE alumni played key roles in the Lucy space flight, a first-of-its kind mission for NASA that will explore Jupiter's elusive Trojan asteroids.

AAE Professor Steven Collicott will transition from president-elect to president of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) during its annual meeting.

In collaboration with two universities, Purdue was awarded a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award from the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop a fundamental understanding of topological systems incorporating plasma elements.

Briony Horgan, who holds a courtesy appointment in AAE, and her team is using satellite images and spectral data to understand the origins and properties of different types of explosive volcanic deposits on the Moon.

AAE's Carolin Frueh and her team are investigating what causes spacecraft to become space junk. Their findings are revealing ways to prevent spacecraft from breaking apart into thousands of pieces of debris that pose a threat to space stations and satellites.

Much of the new freeze drying standard incorporated by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) were laid out in a paper AAE Professor Alina Alexeenko co-authored.

Alexey Shashurin, an associate professor in AAE, is developing liquid-fed pulsed-plasma thrusters (LF-PPTs) to overcome the disadvantages of current propulsion systems.

Dick Covey (MSAAE '69), a former NASA astronaut and past CEO of United Space Alliance, will speak as a part of the Visiting Scholars Series.

Before retiring from Boeing, alumnus William 'Ted' Torgerson managed the development of Boeing's self-funded T-X aircraft and training system in partnership with Saab. That included the development of the winning bid for the Air Force's next jet trainer program.