Virgin Galactic To Fly All-Purdue University Suborbital Mission

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As Virgin Galactic continues assembly of the first of its new Delta-class spaceplanes, the company has revealed an early research mission will be flown with an all-Purdue University payload crew. The flight, dubbed Purdue 1, is targeted for 2027 and will consist of five Purdue researchers and...
Guy Norris

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