Spring 2023 Seminar Series
Join us for the Spring 2023 Seminar Series about regional diversity in space research!
CLASS Spring 2023 Graduate Seminar
Overview FSI is excited to announce the CLASS Graduate Seminar for Spring 2023. It will feature lectures from leading international researchers about ices in the solar system in the James Webb Space Telescope era. For more information, check the seminar page here.
Methods for Building Lunar Landing Pads May Involve Microwaving Moon Soil
Lunar landing pads will have to keep people and equipment from being sandblasted by moon dust and particles traveling at more than 10,000 miles per hour as a rocket takes off or lands.
New NASA-Funded Study Hopes to Put Risks of Space Junk on People’s Radar
Space debris can endanger spacecraft and damage satellites that are critical to everything from communication to GPS, air traffic control, surveillance and national security.
Fall 2022 Seminar Series
Join us for the Fall 2022 Seminar Series about space research at the University of Central Florida!
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 Aug. 29.
UCF Researchers to Conduct Research Using First James Webb Space Telescope Images
With the first images from the telescope released this morning, here is a round-up of the many research projects UCF is working on. By Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala | July 11, 2022 UCF physics graduate student Olga Harrington Pinto counted down the minutes until today. She is one of eight UCF researchers and one alumna who will be …
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Arecibo Observatory Scientists Help Unravel Surprise Asteroid Mystery 
A team from the observatory publish their findings ahead of Asteroid Day, a U.N. designation aimed at increasing awareness about the threats some asteroids pose. By Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala | June 23, 2022 When asteroid 2019 OK suddenly appeared barreling toward Earth on July 25, 2019, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin and the team at the Arecibo Observatory in …
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NASA Selects UCF for $35 Million Mission to the Moon’s Mysterious Gruithuisen Domes
The mission will explore a region of the moon never before visited and may identify minerals and chemical resources available for future exploration. By Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala | June 2, 2022 NASA today tapped UCF’s dynamic duo, planetary scientists Kerri Donaldson Hanna and Adrienne Dove, to lead a $35 million science mission that will land a spacecraft on …
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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. By Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala | May 6, 2022 UCF Pegasus Professor of Physics Dan Britt became the second UCF space researcher in university history to earn one of the American …
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