… . Truman, President George HW Bush, Astronaut Gus Grissom, pugilist Muhammad Ali, distinguished educators …

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… join the Cradle of Astronauts at Purdue, bringing the … of 26 Purdue-alum NASA astronauts including Neil Armstrong. Many … graduate as flight-eligible astronauts for NASA missions to low … Cradle of Astronauts began in 1959 when Virgil “Gus” Grissom, a 1950 …

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… Two Purdue graduates are NASA’s newest astronaut candidates. Yuri Kubo, … also chosen for the same astronaut class. Fuhrmann, from … join the Cradle of Astronauts at Purdue, bringing the … Cradle of Astronauts began in 1959 when Virgil “Gus” Grissom, a 1950 …

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