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The Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and Education (The Hawking Center) is a joint venture of the\u00a0University of Central Florida<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Space Florida<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0conducts and facilitates research in microgravity sciences. The Center makes use of parabolic airplane flights, drop towers, suborbital rocket flights, and orbital flights. The Center\u2019s educational activities include providing hands-on training and experience to college and university undergraduate and graduate students in the design, fabrication, and operation of space experiments.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Planetary Rings<\/h5>\n

Planetary rings, like those of Saturn, are made up of countless particles ranging in size from micron-sized dust up to miniature moons tens of meters across. These particles collide frequently, but at …<\/p>\n

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Planetesimals are the building blocks of planets. Asteroids and comets are leftover planetesimals from the time of formation of our own solar system. The formation of km-sized or larger planetesimals remains …<\/p>\n

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Asteroids, Comets, and Small Moons Asteroids are the rocky leftovers from the formation of the solar system. The largest asteroid, Ceres, and a few others, are dwarf planets, but the overwhelming majority …<\/p>\n

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UCF Names Its Microgravity Research Center in Honor of Stephen W. Hawking<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Like many Central Florida teens, Jonathan Kessluk \u201920 got a summer job at one of Universal\u2019s theme parks in 2014. Little did he know that…<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1387","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Stephen W. 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