WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 15 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University is set to send five Boilermakers on a research journey into space with the announcement of the final two crew members to take part in a Virgin Galactic suborbital flight mission.
Veteran commercial astronaut Beth Moses, a Purdue aeronautics and astronautics alumna, and Florence Stahura, a 1992 graduate of the James Tarpo Jr. and Margaret Tarpo Department of Chemistry, join the five-person crew expected to launch in 2027 for the groundbreaking suborbital flight, dubbed Purdue 1, that will include real-time research on board. The flight advances Purdue's global leadership in space for education, research and alumni...