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.
UCF Fuels America’s Space Program with Innovative Education, Medicine and Tech UCF is advancing cutting-edge space research while offering unique opportunities for students to launch their careers in the space industry.
UCF’s First Mission to the Moon Passes Two Critical Milestones The objective of the mission is to study how the Moon’s Gruithuisen domes were formed and provide greater insight on the creation and composition on the lunar surface.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson: UCF ‘Is America’s Space University’ Nelson told UCF graduates that “there’s no moonshot beyond your reach.”
Reaching Further for the Stars Key moves made in the early 2000s allowed UCF to expand its space research profile and push research ideas to new heights.
The Long Journey of NASA’S OSIRIS-REx The spacecraft retrieved rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu that may shed light on how life formed on Earth.
Lunar Trailblazer Spacecraft Undergoing Final Preparations for Trip to Florida UCF planetary scientist Kerri Donaldson Hanna is part of the NASA mission that will create high-resolution maps of water ice on the moon, which will be crucial for future space exploration.
UCF Knights Are Part of NASA’s Artemis Program to Return to the Moon More than 20 faculty and researchers and dozens of students and alumni are working on multiple projects that support America’s space program and NASA’s return to the moon — including the Artemis 1 mission launching this year.
12 UCF Researchers Honored with Asteroids Named After Them The designations recognize the researchers’ impact on space science and showcase UCF’s impact on space exploration.
Spotlight: UCF Celebrates the Arts Elevates Collaboration of Arts and Tech Central Florida Public Media
‘National leader’: UCF Graduate Programs Get Recognition in U.S. News & World Report Florida Politics