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November 18, 2011

This Way to Mars - AAE alumni published in the Scientific American

By adapting ideas from robotic planetary exploration, the human space program could get astronauts to asteroids and Mars cheaply and quickly.

November 17, 2011

Prof. Tasos Lyrintzis to Chair Aero Program at Embry-Riddle

Professor Tasos Lyrintzis, Associate Head of our school and Director of our school's graduate program, will become the Chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle University in Florida, effective Jan. 2012.

November 16, 2011

NASA Legends Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Leaders of Congress honored astronauts John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with congressional gold medals in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Nov. 16, 2011.

November 15, 2011

December 2011 Engineering Commencement to be shown live on TV and Webcast

November 7, 2011

Stormy Boudreaux, Former SR-71 and U-2 Pilot, to give talk

One of only twelve pilots who have flown operational sorties in both U-2 and SR-71 aircraft, Stormy Boudreaux will give talk at Purdue on November 10, @ 6:15pm in ARMS 1010.

October 20, 2011

Outstanding Aerospace Engineers Award 2011

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is pleased to have honor ten graduates with the designation "Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award."

October 19, 2011

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October 17, 2011

Michael Moses, MSAAE'95; OAE'11 announced as VP Operations - Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic has announced the appointment of former NASA executive as Vice President of Operations. Mike Moses, MSAAE'95; OAE'11 will oversee the planning and execution of all operations for the company's commercial suborbital spaceflight program at Spaceport America in New Mexico.

October 11, 2011

Brian Pomeroy receives the AIAA Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award

Brian Pomeroy, a graduate student in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has received the AIAA Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award.

September 13, 2011

Students building rocket for moon vehicle

AAE students are part of a team working on a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon. The work is part of the NASA-funded Project Morpheus, which includes research to develop new technologies for future trips to the moon, Mars or asteroids.

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