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.
4 UCF Researchers Named ‘Rising Stars’ of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida This distinguished honor recognizes researchers at universities across the state in the categories of science, engineering, and medicine and public health.
UCF Recognizes 15 Top Faculty at 2023 Luminary Awards The honor is designed to recognize some of UCF’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on UCF and in their respective fields.
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 Reach for the Stars 2023 Honorees Are Unleashing the Potential of People, Ideas The researchers are working to improve how we respond to survivors of violence, promote positive healthcare, explore space, advance computing and enrich cultural understanding.
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.
