Love Space? Join One of These UCF Student Organizations Whether you鈥檙e a novice stargazer or ready to help launch a rocket into space, there鈥檚 a group for you at America鈥檚 Space University.
UCF Astronomer Selected by NASA to Explore Virtual Super Telescope Concept Senior scientist Anish Roshi Damodaran received a $175,000 NASA award to investigate a virtual telescope concept that could reveal planet formation and the early universe in unprecedented detail.
UCF Students, Emmy-Winning Professors Team Up to Give a Voice to the Dead From the graveyard to a podcasting studio, UCF legal studies and journalism students collaborated for a unique cross-disciplinary class project.
7 Stellar Honorees Earn UCF鈥檚 2026 SpaceU Awards As part of the second UCF Space Week, the honors celebrate individuals and organizations who are advancing development, discovery, exploration, and engagement in the field.
UCF Engineers Develop Digital Rover Twin to Help Navigate Future NASA Missions UCF researchers are exploring digital-twin technology that could help operators simulate rover movements in real time, with potential applications for future space missions.
UCF Alum 鈥楻eturns to Earth鈥� After 378-Day Mars Mission Film production entrepreneur and electrical engineer Matthew Montgomery 鈥�08 鈥�09MS recounts his experience as part of a four-person crew for NASA鈥檚 CHAPEA Mission 2 at Johnson Space Center.
UCF Researcher Designing Hypersonic Jet Engine for Seamless Atmospheric and Space Travel聽 The research aims to design a specialized dual-mode engine that may make hypersonic and space travel more efficient and accessible.
Research in 60 Seconds: What Happens to Astronauts鈥� Blood in Space? Assistant Professor of Aerospace Medicine Hansjorg Schwertz鈥檚 research examines how spaceflight impacts blood clotting in humans.
UCF Researcher Investigates How Florida Deer and Panthers Respond to Environmental Change By combining genomic data with habitat suitability models, a UCF postdoctoral scholar is identifying where Florida panthers and white-tailed deer may be most vulnerable to future environmental conditions.
Space Capsule Lands at UCF College of Medicine Sierra Space has donated a life-sized cargo module that will serve as an immersive classroom, research center and a visual testament to UCF鈥檚 emerging aerospace medicine program.