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Will clouds block the red moon of Tuesday's lunar eclipse near Lafayette?
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (334+ words) LAFAYETTE, IN " Cloud cover over Indiana will turn Tuesday morning's lunar eclipse into something more akin to watching car headlights flicker across the window shade. "Every month, you get a full moon because the orbit of the moon aligns opposite…...
Purdue to launch 2 more research projects on Boilermaker-manned flight
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (864+ words) WEST LAFAYETTE " Big changes are underway in Earth's atmosphere with more commercial access to space than ever before. For Ajay Malshe, director of Purdue's Center for In-Space Manufacturing, the challenge to support more people in space through technology is no…...
Jim Lovell, famed astronaut and Apollo 13 mission commander, dead at 97
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (181+ words) Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has died at 97. NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said in a statement Lovell's life and work inspired millions of people. Jim Lovell, famed astronaut and Apollo 13 mission commander, dead at 97 Famed astronaut Jim Lovell, best known his…...
West Lafayette pilot flew into severe thunderstorm before Monday's crash in Ohio
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (834+ words) Gary Wolfelt pulled back on the yoke of his 2017 Express about 6:55 p.m. Monday, lifting the plane into the sky above Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport on the shores of Lake Erie, according to data from flightaware.com. For Wolfelt, it must have…...
Do you know your 'umbra' from your 'penumbra'? A quick guide to lunar and solar eclipse terms
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (672+ words) The countdown for the year's first (and only) total lunar eclipse begins. The celestial event, which will see the moon change to rusty red hues, will occur in the U.S. on the night of March 13-14. According to NASA, another total lunar…...
GE Aerospace to invest $5 million in Lafayette plant to increase LEAP engine production
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) LAFAYETTE, Ind. " Exactly one year after GE Aerospace announced it would invest $5.9 million in the Lafayette engine manufacturing facility, the company announced Tuesday it will invest an additional $5 million in the local plant as part of a national $1 billion investment....