UCF Names Its Microgravity Research Center in Honor of Stephen W. Hawking

The University of Central Florida today is one step closer to becoming the first American university to name a research…

UCF Moon Dust Research Blasts Off Aboard Blue Origin

The work will inform strategies to keep lunar dust from damaging electronics, solar cells and mechanical equipment during moon missions.…

UCF Research Flies Three-for-Three on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity

The findings could help scientists better understand what would happen if astronauts or robotic landers were to work on the…

UCF Research Sails into Space for 5th Time in 2019

The results of the experiment could inform future missions to sample asteroids. Read More

UCF Research Reaches Space for Second Time in 2 Months

Following a successful flight in December, University of Central Florida research launched into space again today, this time thanks to…

UCF to Launch Minisatellite to Study Ways to Keep Electronics Safe in Space

NASA and commercial space companies someday may get some critical information about building safer spacecraft, thanks to the work of…

UCF’s Dove Wins NASA Award for Space Research

Adrienne Dove, a University of Central Florida assistant professor in the physics department, recently was awarded NASA’s Susan Mahan Niebur…

Orlando Sentinel: Blue Origin relaunches and lands rocket with UCF experiment.

This weekend, COLLIDE  was sent up to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. Read More      

COLLIDE on BLUE ORIGIN

A University of Central Florida experiment designed to mimic impacts between objects in microgravity is flying…