Purdue University to Conduct Microgravity Research Aboard Virgin Galactic Suborbital Mission

Purdue University is collaborating with Virgin Galactic for a research and learning mission aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflight with an all-Boilermaker crew. The flight, dubbed Purdue 1, will tentatively lift off in 2027. Purdue researchers and students will personally conduct and oversee experiments in microgravity. The onboard experiments will subsequently explore how fluids behave in zero gravity