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flag Purdue University’s 2027 suborbital flight will test fluid dynamics in microgravity with faculty, students, and alumni.

flag Purdue University is launching Purdue 1, an all-Boilermaker suborbital mission with Virgin Galactic in 2027, featuring aerospace professor Steven Collicott, graduate student Abigail Mizzi, and three unnamed alumni. flag The flight, announced on September 23, 2025, at Purdue’s Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, will conduct real-time microgravity research on fluid dynamics, focusing on liquid behavior in zero gravity—critical for spacecraft design. flag Mizzi will test an evolved version of a NASA experiment on liquid sloshing in rotating tanks. flag Collicott, who flew a similar experiment in 2024, emphasizes the value of human presence for adaptive research. flag The mission, part of Purdue’s legacy as the “Cradle of Astronauts,” aims to expand academic access to space and advance STEM education through hands-on space science.

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