UCF First-Generation Student Is Finding Her Place in Space Charting her own course through aerospace engineering and physics, first-generation student Kaaliyah McGaughy is proving that curiosity and determination can launch anyone toward their dreams.
Robot Rovers on the “Moon”: Lunabotics Challenge Preps Students for Space Careers College teams, including a group of Knights, will build robot rovers and compete at the new Regolith Bin at UCF’s Exolith Lab before the best crews advance to finals at Kennedy Space Center.
National Engineering Association Honors UCF鈥檚 Space Dirt Expert The American Society of Civil Engineers recognized Pegasus Professor of Physics Dan Britt with the Aerospace Division鈥檚 Outstanding Technical Contribution Award, one of the organization鈥檚 top honors.
UCF Experimental Space Dirt Used by NASA, Private Companies to Advance Space Exploration Almost 25 tons of high-fidelity simulant has been shipped so far this year to scientists and engineers around the world so they can test their ideas before launching them into space.
UCF Professor Part of Team Awarded the Sir Arthur Clarke Award The award, named after the British science fiction writer and futurist, is one of the most prestigious space-exploration awards in the world.
UCF Researchers Prospecting for Mining-Outpost Site on Moon UCF researchers are working with California aerospace company TransAstra Corp. to study an economical way to mine the plentiful supply of ice in the polar regions of the moon.
UCF Making a Name for Itself in the World of Planetary Science UCF has diligently and methodically been making a name for itself in the world of planetary exploration, and it鈥檚 beginning to pay off in big…
UCF in CLASS of Its Own Studying Space UCF has diligently and methodically been making a name for itself in the world of planetary exploration, and it鈥檚 beginning to pay off in big…
UCF Physics Professor Named to NASA Mission, Lands Grant for Space Mining UCF physics professor Dan Britt has been named to the New Horizons mission team as the spacecraft heads to the Kuiper Belt. He鈥檚 also just…
UCF Grad Student Picked to Study at Vatican Observatory A 色花堂 graduate student is one of only 25 people worldwide selected to attend a prestigious summer school in astrophysics at the…
