Robot Rovers on the “Moon”: Lunabotics Challenge Preps Students for Space Careers College teams, including a group of Knights, will build robot rovers and compete at the new Regolith Bin at UCF’s Exolith Lab before the best crews advance to finals at Kennedy Space Center.
National Engineering Association Honors UCF’s Space Dirt Expert The American Society of Civil Engineers recognized Pegasus Professor of Physics Dan Britt with the Aerospace Division’s Outstanding Technical Contribution Award, one of the organization’s top honors.
UCF Experimental Space Dirt Used by NASA, Private Companies to Advance Space Exploration Almost 25 tons of high-fidelity simulant has been shipped so far this year to scientists and engineers around the world so they can test their ideas before launching them into space.
UCF Professor Part of Team Awarded the Sir Arthur Clarke Award The award, named after the British science fiction writer and futurist, is one of the most prestigious space-exploration awards in the world.
For Those Who Dream of Space, UCF is the Place In honor of the 50th anniversary of the country’s historic Apollo 11 mission, UCF takes a look back, and a look forward, at its role in America’s space program.
UCF Researchers Prospecting for Mining-Outpost Site on Moon UCF researchers are working with California aerospace company TransAstra Corp. to study an economical way to mine the plentiful supply of ice in the polar regions of the moon.
New Explanation for Mars Clay May Provide Clues for Future Exploration Options A study published today in Nature provides a new explanation for how clay formed on Mars, which could help scientists and engineers figure out how…
UCF Making a Name for Itself in the World of Planetary Science UCF has diligently and methodically been making a name for itself in the world of planetary exploration, and it’s beginning to pay off in big…
Professor’s Research Part of First Mission to Trojan Asteroids University of Central Florida Physics Professor Dan Britt will help explore some of the oldest asteroids in the solar system thanks to a new NASA…
UCF in CLASS of Its Own Studying Space UCF has diligently and methodically been making a name for itself in the world of planetary exploration, and it’s beginning to pay off in big…
