NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace to Deliver UCF’s Lunar-VISE Payload to the Moon Firefly Aerospace is one of the American vendors NASA is partnering with to deliver payloads to the lunar surface through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
James Webb Space Telescope Offers Best Glimpse Ever Into the Icy Planetesimals of the Early Solar System New studies of trans-Neptunian objects reveal how their colors and surface reflectance today are linked to their formation locations in the early solar system.
Uncovering a Centaur’s Tracks: UCF Scientists Examine Unique Asteroid-Comet Hybrid UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System’s origins in a newly published study.
UCF Joins Digital Twin Consortium as Regional Branch Organizer The Digital Twin Consortium, established in 2020, is a widely recognized authority in digital twin technology.
New Future Faculty Laureates Program to Prepare Students for Academic Careers The program prepares qualified electrical engineering and computer science doctoral students to work at Research 1 universities.
UCF Limbitless Solutions Is Featured in The Franklin Institute’s Newest Exhibit, Body Odyssey Two bionic arms from Limbitless Solutions displayed in the innovation gallery of the new exhibit, showcasing wearable and creative technology shaping the future.
U.S. Space Command Commander Explores Innovation, Research Capabilities at UCF The tour highlighted UCF’s role as SpaceU and reaffirmed critical partnerships with USSPACECOM to advance research and innovation.
UCF Named Co-lead on Multi-million Dollar Department of Defense Grant for STEM Education As part of the Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Research Universities, UCF joins the University of Texas at El Paso on a $9.3 million project to accelerate STEM education and research.
UCF’s 27 Best Photos of 2024 From groundbreaking research to commencement and game day excitement, revisit the year’s standout moments in this photo collection.
UCF Researcher Discovers New Technique for Infrared “Color” Detection and Imaging The new specialized tunable detection and imaging technique for infrared photons surpasses present technology and may be a cost-effective method of capturing thermal imaging or night vision, medical imaging, spectroscopy and space exploration.