Purdue ni aarin ogúnth orundun, Purdue ká ofurufu eto gbooro lati gba to ti ni ilọsiwaju spaceflight ọna ti o fun ibi si Purdue ká oruko apeso, Cradle of Astronauts. ọgbọn-mẹta Purdue graduates ti lọ lori lati di astronauts, pẹlu Gus Grissom (ọkan ti awọn atilẹba meje Mercury), Neil Armstrong (awọn akọkọ eniyan lati rin lori oṣupa), Eugene Cernan (awọn akọkọ eniyan lati rin lori oṣupa), ati ọpọlọpọ awọn astronauts ti o ti wá lati Purdue.
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