Purdue University's new Neil Armstrong Space Prize, named for the school's most famous astronaut-alum, will honor ...

Purdue University — recognized globally as the Cradle of Astronauts — announced the creation of a new international prize honoring excellence over the past 10 years in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon and a Purdue University aeronautical engineering alumnus died Saturday (Aug. 25). "Neil Armstrong is likely the most ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Neil A. Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon, was lauded as "an exemplary Boilermaker and an extraordinary American" during a memorial service Monday (Aug. 27) at ...

Armstrong graduated from Purdue in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering. The papers represent his personal files and date to the beginning of his career. Hansen, a former NASA ...

He is at Purdue University, college home to 24 U.S. astronauts including the most famous of all, Neil Armstrong. On Oct. 12, “First Man,” an account of Armstrong and NASA’s work on the Apollo 11 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Purdue University students who dream to follow in Neil Armstrong’s footsteps don’t have to go very far to find inspiration. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon and a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Purdue University will host the viewing of a new documentary on the personal life of the first man on the ...

Purdue President Martin C. Jischke uses a Caterpillar back-hoe to break ground for the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at a ceremony today (Oct. 16). Earlier at the event, Jischke announced that ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —The public will have a chance to get a closer glimpse into Purdue alumnus Neil Armstrong’s life through an exhibition presented by Purdue Archives and Special Collections.

Purdue University unveiled a bronze sculpture of alumnus Neil Armstrong on Friday (Oct. 26) as a prelude to Saturday's (Oct. 27) dedication ceremony for a new engineering research and education ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries will sponsor a lecture by the author of a new biography on Neil A. Armstrong, a Purdue University alumnus and the first man to walk on the moon.