The Cislunar Initiative, announced July 18, aims to expand access to cislunar space, supply the building blocks for infrastructure, identify and utilize space resources, advance the development of space policy and provide educational opportunities.

Midwest Hyperloop, a team that includes Purdue, Cincinnati and Illinois, will compete in the 2019 Hyperloop Pod Competition at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California, this week.

Geoffrey Andrews, a Ph.D. student, is leading a summer group comprised of local high school students in designing, building and flying a high altitude balloon.

In a College of Engineering Medium.com post, Loral O'Hara (MSAAE '09) said, "Tt feels like there's a level of energy and an amount of momentum [about human space exploration] that I haven't felt in my lifetime. I'm very optimistic."

Inseok Hwang, a professor, and AAE students Raj Deshmukh and Dawei Sun received the award at the USA & Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar.

Vestigo Aerospace LLC will receive $125,000 from a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. Vestigo was founded by David Spencer, an associate professor in AAE.

Tim Harmon, Chesterfield Janes and Ron Larsen will speak on a panel, “Industry’s Crucial Role in the Apollo 11 Mission,” at 5 p.m. July 20 at Loeb Playhouse in the Stewart Center.

“Every child has an explorer deep inside," says Beth Moses (BSAAE '92, MSAAE '94). "I think every child looks up at the stars and wonders. I just sort of never let that go."

Georgios Georgalis and Karen Marais, an associate professor in AAE, co-authored “Assessment of Project-Based Learning Courses Using Crowd Signals.”

A small satellite that will attempt the first controlled solar sailing in Earth orbit is a go for launch. David Spencer is the lead for LightSail 2, part of a payload that is scheduled to launch June 24 on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.