BOILERS® TO MARS

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Purdue t-shirt design: Earhart & Grissom & Armstrong & Voss & Feustel & Moses

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A special collection is available in Purdue’s Team Store! Get official gear inspired by the film and our legacy in space exploration. 

Discover Purdue’s giant leaps in space

From the first moon walk to the latest commercial spaceflights, Boilermakers have led the way.

Young Bobbi in Armstrong's footsteps. Supported by spacekids.global

Learn more about SpaceKids Global

Find out more about the short film’s supporter — an organization with Boilermaker ties that is advancing space awareness and exploration opportunities for the next generation.

Meet the characters

Get to know the space crew members inspired by actual Purdue students and real stories.

bobbi
bobbi

Major:

Biological engineering

Favorite Purdue experience:


Conducting research in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering

Next giant leap:  

Growing fields of crops on other planets

eric
eric

Major:

Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

Favorite Purdue experience:


Being part of the Ross-Ade Brigade during Boilermaker football games

Next giant leap:  

Introducing new technology to the next frontier 

parker
parker

Major:

Professional flight technology

Favorite Purdue experience:


Training at the Purdue University Airport

Next giant leap:  

Piloting the Amelia shuttle through outer space

albert
albert

Major:

Business analytics and information management

Favorite Purdue experience:


Networking during Boilers Go to D.C.

Next giant leap:  

Leading life-changing missions to Mars from the control center