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Purdue University to Launch Suborbital Flight for Zero-Gravity Research

9/24/2025

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Purdue University will launch its all-Boilermaker suborbital flight, Purdue 1, in 2027 with Virgin Galactic.
The crew includes Professor Steven Collicott, Abigail Mizzi (graduate student), Jason Williamson (alumnus), and two unnamed Purdue alumni.
The mission targets zero-gravity fluid-dynamics research, with Collicott researching liquid behavior in microgravity during a 90-minute flight and Mizzi focusing on oscillations that affect spacecraft design.

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Purdue University will launch its all-Boilermaker suborbital flight, Purdue 1, in 2027 with Virgin Galactic.
The crew includes Professor Steven Collicott, Abigail Mizzi (graduate student), Jason Williamson (alumnus), and two unnamed Purdue alumni.
The mission targets zero-gravity fluid-dynamics research, with Collicott researching liquid behavior in microgravity during a 90-minute flight and Mizzi focusing on oscillations that affect spacecraft design.