Purdue Space Day

Purdue space day psd is an all day educational outreach program held in the fall on the west lafay.
Purdue space day. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11 purdue hosted apollo 11 flight director gene kranz panels of space experts screenings of a neil armstrong documentary events for kids the announcement of a new cislunar initiative and even a flyover from one of neil armstrong s planes an f 100f. Grades 5 6 and grades 7 8. Purdue space day began 24 years ago in november 1996 with around 120 grade school students participating and 40 purdue students who ran the program. The grade school students are divided into three separate age ranges.
Wlfi purdue s 25th annual space day event scheduled for october 24th is going virtual this year. The event will be broadcast on youtube and it gives students grades three through eight an inside look at stem related topics including aeronautics and astronautics.