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Boiler Up! How Purdue University Learned to Shoot for the Moon
Author Michael G. Smith answered a few questions about his new book (shown recently on regional tv affiliate WLFI), The Rocket Lab: Maurice Zucrow, Purdue University, and America’s Race to…
Read More60 Years Later: Seeing Project Mercury through the Lens of NASA Staff Photographer Bill Taub
May 2023 marks two remarkable anniversaries in the history of Project Mercury and the Space Race. Alan Shepard became the first American astronaut to travel into space on May 5,…
Read MoreCelebrating a Year of Magnificent Trees
Purdue University Press spoke with author Carroll D. Ritter about the one-year anniversary (in March) of his book, Magnificent Trees of Indiana, a beautiful and engaging gift for nature and…
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