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Beth Moses
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Beth Moses
@Astro_Beth
Professional suborbital astronaut, aerospace engineer, & the world’s most-flown female astronaut. Flew 6 flights for Virgin Galactic now manifested on Purdue1.
Katılım Ocak 2014
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Here’s an image from the press conference last month that announced the final two crew members on the Purdue1 suborbital space flight, myself & Flo Stahura. On the right is student Thendral Kamal who moderated our Q&A. What a lovely event! Thank you School of Engineering! 🖤💛🚀
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Back in 2019 when I was assigned to my first spaceflight, I was a new thing in the world - I didn’t work for a government agency like NASA astronauts, and I wasn’t a pilot at the controls like Grissom or the X-15 astronauts. When it came to professional astronauts I didn’t fit the mold. Private employer? Private astronaut corps? Suborbital flight?! Engineer?!!! Goodness gracious there were plenty of reasons for establishments and colleagues to shake their heads in confusion or turn their backs in silent rejection. I get it. Some still do, six flights later while staring down the barrel of my seventh.
So I am *incredibly* honored to be included in Purdue’s official Cradle of Astronauts, and to also be the first non-governmental astronaut invited in. I’m still so pleased to be in this video.
Hail Purdue! Ever grateful, ever true.
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Purdue University@LifeAtPurdue
On #NationalAstronautDay, learn why Purdue is called the Cradle of Astronauts. 🚀 Nearly a third of all U.S. spaceflights have included a #Boilermaker. ⭐ 10-plus missions have included multiple #Purdue alums. Dive into Purdue’s #space legacy. ⬇️ purdue.university/4sVHYAN
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65 years ago today, Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he launched on a suborbital mission aboard his Mercury "Freedom 7" spacecraft. The mission lasted 15 minutes and 22 seconds. More on Shepherd's history making flight: s.si.edu/42bARq0
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Meet the Purdue1 Crew! We are honored to have been selected for this university-chartered spaceflight in 2027. Our all-Boilermaker team will engage the Purdue community and conduct research.
L-R: Abby Mizzi, Steven Collicott, me, Jason Williamson, Flo Stahura.
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ISS module cracking still unresolved despite stopping air leaks spacenews.com/iss-module-cra…
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Boilermakers know no bounds 🚀
@PurdueAeroAstro graduate student Abigail Mizzi will conduct research in zero-gravity as part of Purdue 1, the historic all-Boilermaker suborbital spaceflight.
But she needs your help. With support from Purdue alumni and friends, we can provide the cost of her ticket, equipment, testing, travel for training and a conference for presenting her research findings.
Your gift, no matter the size, will drive Boilermakers into the galaxy. Together, we will extend the legacy of the Cradle of Astronauts.
Help us reach our goal of $1 million. Click here and select "Purdue 1": bit.ly/PurdueEngineer…
#PurdueDayofGiving
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yup, and it’s a long-standing difficulty in human spaceflight. valves and QDs were a bane of my existence during ISS development and verification.
Jeff Foust@jeff_foust
"I will tell you right off the bat I need valves," Isaacman said in response to a supply chain question, and wants to use SBIR authorities to address that. (As well as hypergolic thrusters, he adds.)
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Congratulations @SpaceX!
Purdue University@LifeAtPurdue
From the Cradle of Astronauts, congratulations to the Falcon 9 Booster Landing Team, winner of the 2026 Neil Armstrong Space Prize. We will formally celebrate their impact to space innovation during a ceremony this fall in the nation’s capital. #BoilerUp! purdue.university/4eygCM6
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Happy Earth Day 2026!
Photo is a screenshot from Virgin Galactic’s G-02 mission in 2023, my fourth spaceflight.
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@Astro_Beth It was awesome to moderate this discussion. Thank you for being a class act, Beth!
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I’m heading back to space on Purdue1, a suborbital university charter! It’ll be my seventh suborbital mission and my first as a researcher. Hail Purdue!
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purdueexponent.org/campus/events/…
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@SciGuySpace @NicolaPecile I’m suborbital - exponentially less energy to dissipate during entry - and my body still to this day tenses up involuntarily when recalling entry
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On Orion’s reentry: “And then there was a point—there’s something that I feel that I am not ready to say to the public yet.”
arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/…
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Thanks Chris! I retired from Virgin Galactic when Unity was retired - I needed a bit of a rest! - so I don’t envision flying again as a test engineer when Delta first takes flight, but I do hope to fly again. Stay tuned! And I’d likewise be happy to join you on a mission anytime, you’ve done we engineers proud. :)
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@Astro_Beth @JesseWeberLive @StarfishSpace Can’t wait to see you back in space when Delta takes flight! Happy to join you on a mission anytime 🚀
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Our future in space is happening now! We’re in our generation’s giant leap era today. @Astro_Beth @JesseWeberLive @StarfishSpace
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