New expedition heads to Nikumaroro Island to examine satellite evidence that may solve the 88-year mystery of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart's disappearance during her world flight.

Purdue University, which helped fund her historic 1937 flight, said it will send a team to a remote island in the South Pacific this fall.

The mystery of Amelia Earhart is one that almost everyone in modern times is aware of, but the secret whereabouts of where her plane crashed may have finally been solved decades later. Known as the renowned female pilot who had as many adventures as Indiana Jones, Earhart last took to the skies 88 years ago.