NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace to Deliver UCF鈥檚 Lunar-VISE Payload to the Moon Firefly Aerospace is one of the American vendors NASA is partnering with to deliver payloads to the lunar surface through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
UCF Fuels America鈥檚 Space Program with Innovative Education, Medicine and Tech UCF is advancing cutting-edge space research while offering unique opportunities for students to launch their careers in the space industry.
UCF鈥檚 First Mission to the Moon Passes Two Critical Milestones The objective of the mission is to study how the Moon鈥檚 Gruithuisen domes were formed and provide greater insight on the creation and composition on the lunar surface.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson: UCF 鈥業s America鈥檚 Space University鈥� Nelson told UCF graduates that 鈥渢here鈥檚 no moonshot beyond your reach.鈥�
Reaching Further for the Stars Key moves made in the early 2000s allowed UCF to expand its space research profile and push research ideas to new heights.
The Long Journey of NASA鈥橲 OSIRIS-REx The spacecraft retrieved rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu that may shed light on how life formed on Earth.
Lunar Trailblazer Spacecraft Undergoing Final Preparations for Trip to Florida UCF planetary scientist Kerri Donaldson Hanna is part of the NASA mission that will create high-resolution maps of water ice on the moon, which will be crucial for future space exploration.
UCF Knights Are Part of NASA鈥檚 Artemis Program to Return to the Moon More than 20 faculty and researchers and dozens of students and alumni are working on multiple projects that support America鈥檚 space program and NASA鈥檚 return to the moon 鈥� including the Artemis 1 mission launching this year.
12 UCF Researchers Honored with Asteroids Named After Them The designations recognize the researchers鈥� impact on space science and showcase UCF鈥檚 impact on space exploration.
