The University of Florida (UF) plays a significant role in the space industry through its research, education, and collaborative initiatives. As a member of the Florida University Space Research Consortium, UF works with NASA and other Florida universities to drive innovation in space exploration, research, and technology. UF's Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering offers a fully accredited aerospace engineering program. The university also launched the Space Mission Institute in 2024 as an interdisciplinary hub for space research.
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Juan Tomás Hernani founded Satlantis in 2013 with Rafael Guzmán of the University of Florida.
Phillip Metzger, a University of Florida physics professor and former NASA scientist, argues that orbiting data center maintenance could be managed using robots and small modular parts that can be easily replaced.
This research forms part of a larger collaboration between the University of Florida and NASA that supports Moon-to-Mars exploration objectives through biological and engineering studies.
Nils Averesch is an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Microbiology and Cell Science and a member of the Astraeus Space Institute.
Seidler's team connected neuroscience, physiology, and spaceflight performance with the help of the HiPerGator high-speed computing cluster at the University of Florida.
The NS-26 mission on 2025-08-29 included a NASA-funded researcher, Rob Ferl, a professor at the University of Florida.
Students will develop the WolfSat-1 payload integrated on a NearSpace satellite bus with assistance from the Florida Institute of Technology and students at the University of Florida.
Ryan Gosse of the University of Florida received a 2023 NIAC Phase I grant for 'New Class of Bimodal Nuclear Thermal/Electric Propulsion with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle Enabling Fast Transit to Mars'.
Ryan Gosse at the University of Florida, Gainesville was selected to receive a NIAC Phase I grant for 'New Class of Bimodal Nuclear Thermal/Electric Propulsion with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle Enabling Fast Transit to Mars'.
Sirisha Bandla, vice president of government affairs and research operations at Virgin Galactic, performed a plant experiment from the University of Florida on Unity 22 through NASA’s Flight Opportunities program to evaluate human-tended research.
Protodromics LLC is collaborating with the University of Florida Innovation Fellows Program to study EHD pump applications.
Protodromics LLC and the University of Florida collaboration is studying how the EHD pump could meet thermal challenges of high-performance edge computing to support 0.005 kg networks and AI-enabled factories.
Dr. Rob Ferl and Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul from the University of Florida are adapting ISS technology for suborbital use in their experiment on biological imaging.
Three payloads that flew on Virgin Galactic’s 2018-12-13 SpaceShipTwo flight—a vibration isolation platform from Controlled Dynamics Inc., a dust-particle behavior experiment from the University of Central Florida, and a biological fluorescent imaging instrument from the University of Florida—are also flying on Blue Origin’s NS-10 mission.