News and Events
UCF GOLD Project Makes Critical Step on Path to Space
ORLANDO, April 07, 2015 – A contract award to SES Government Solutions puts UCF’s Global-Scale Observations of Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission on track to launch no earlier than Fall, 2017. The award, made by the University of Colorado, a partner in the project, will give the GOLD payload the ride it needs to geostationary …
FSI Arecibo Press Conference
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NEWS: UCF-led Consortium to Manage Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
UCF Office of Research and Commercialization recently announced the agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to operate and manage the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, home of the largest fully operational radio telescope in the world. The agreement solidifies our university as a leader in space-related research and will provide more academic opportunities for …
The Florida Space Institute (FSI) is sponsoring a seminar on Monday February 19, 2018, at 11:00 am in Partnership 1 Room 209
Speaker : Dr. Jesper W Gjerloev Topic: How do we advance our understanding of global Earth-Space interactions? Despite decades of research even the most basic Earth-near space interactions remain to be controversial. This is due to several complicating factors: 1) the interaction between Earth and near space is global; 2) it is dynamic; 3) …
Call Out For Next Generation SOFIA Science Instrument
February 12, 2018 – CLASS/Seminar at FSI on February, 12 at 10 AM Partnership 1 Building Room 209 Abstract: The draft call for the Next Generation of SOFIA Science Instruments has been released! This call is an opportunity for theorists, instrument builders, engineers, and physicists to come together to propose the next great scientific observation program …
Space Education Outreach with Sheyene Gerardi
February 5, 2018 – Sheyene Gerardi is partnering with the Florida Space Institute (FSI) at the University of Central Florida and the New Worlds Institute to bring robotics education to South and Central American schools that serve underprivileged children. Sheyene is a Venezuelan actress and model, the founder of Sheyene School in Venezuela providing …
United Launch Alliance and Florida Space Institute Partner to Develop Lunar Mining
January 18, 2018 – Dr. Phil Metzger and Dr. Julie Brisset have been contracted by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to study the extraction of water from the Moon’s polar regions. They will use computer modeling to develop the optimum arrangement of thermal extraction wells to obtain water at the lowest cost. This is in …
NASA-SSERVI – REVEALS is moving forward
January 11, 2018 – Dr. Esther Beltran- Deputy Director and Scientist for the New NASA SSERVI Award “REVEALS “explains: Kickoff of the new NASA-SSERVI team REVEALS (Radiation Effects on Volatiles and Exploration of Asteroids and Lunar Surfaces) took place at Georgia Tech August 14-15th, 2017. REVEALS, with a budget of $5.5 Million, leverages …
Speaking at WITI
November 09, 2017 – Dr. Esther Beltran, an associate scientist at the Florida Space Institute, was honored as guest speaker to talk about women’s role in technology at the WITI Tampa Bay’s 5th Annual Geek Glam last October. WITI (Women In Technology International) is the premiere global organization empowering women in business and technology to achieve unimagined possibilities. …
FSI Participates in the Discovery of a Ringed World
October 18, 2017 – In the early morning hours of January 21, 2017, many professional and amateur astronomers were pointing their telescopes to a star in the constellation Boötes (The Herdsman) with the unwieldy name of URAT1 533-182543, a typical star that had not inspired any special interest up until that very moment. So what …
UCF in Space Football Game
October 16, 2017 – We’re proud to celebrate University of Central Florida’s history of supporting space exploration at the #UCFinSpace game! https://www.facebook.com/ucfknights/videos/1436935516344450/