When she left Virgin Galactic, Beth Stubbings figured she had made her last spaceflight.

Stubbings had already traveled to space six times — a record for female space voyagers that she is somewhat reluctant to claim.

A group of Purdue University aerospace engineering students is getting a head start in hypersonic flight by enrolling in a first-of-its-kind program: a specialized master’s degree in hypersonics developed jointly by Purdue and Sandia National Laboratories.

Purdue has built the nation's premier test rig for studying erosion on turbine compressors at flight-relevant conditions

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