2020 PELT II
PELT calculates and maps lunar ejecta caused by spacecraft landings. PELT, is an analysis tool, coupled with a visual simulation developed to better understand and communicate the effects of vehicle landings on the Lunar environment.
2020 RE-RASSOR Gold Team
Research Education – Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot, RE-RASSOR, is designed to emulate the RASSOR project that is under development at NASA’s development lab Swampworks.
2019 3D Printable Arm for the Mini-Rassor
The Arm for the mini-RASSOR is designed to place NASA Swamp Work’s regolith sintered pavers onto the lunar surface. With the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR) NASA plans to mine the Regolith and create sintered Regolith Pavers.
The ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and its VLBI-based support
Date: Thursday, June 3rd at 11AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Speaker: Leonid Gurvits Title: The ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and its VLBI-based support Abstract:JUICE – JUpiter ICy moons Explorer – …
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FSI, UCF, and AO Researchers Honored With Asteroids Bearing Their Names
In a bulletin published on Friday, Working Group on Small Bodies (WGSM) of the IAU announced the researchers who had been honored with asteroids bearing their names, in recognition of …
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Claire Castillo, FSGC’s Communications Coordinator, Graduates With Some Epic Grad Pics
Claire grew up in the Space Coast/Titusville area, and attended Titusville High School before moving to Orlando to study at UCF. In April, she graduated from UCF with a Associate …
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Noemi Pinilla-Alonso is the lead investigator on one project and a co-investigator on two others which will explore trans-Neptunian objects, Pluto and Uranus moons.
BY ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA | MAY 3, 2021 When the James Webb Space Telescope launches later this year, UCF researcher Noemi Pinilla Alonso will be among a select group of …
The James Webb Space Telescope’s First Year of Extraordinary Science Has Been Revealed
“Years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) often finds itself the butt of jokes. From satirical Webcomics to more scathing criticism, the flagship project of …
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Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory
The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020. BY ROBERT WELLS | MARCH 22, 2021 “Pull yourself up with happyiness …
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UCF Director of Space Medicine Advises Others: Fly High, Reach the Sky!
As part of Women’s History Month, UCF is sharing stories of some of the extraordinary women on campus contributing to science and scholarship. BY ROBERT WELLS | MARCH 22, 2021 From sleeping …
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