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Alessandro Forte is a professor of geophysics at the University of Florida and a coauthor of the study on the Antarctic geoid low.

Mentioned as: university of floridaNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2026Slow mantle flow built Antarctica gravity low over tens of millions of years

Researchers at the University of Florida and the Paris Institute of Earth Physics reconstructed how an Antarctic gravity low developed over tens of millions of years.

Mentioned as: university of floridaNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2026Slow mantle flow built Antarctica gravity low over tens of millions of years

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.

Mentioned as: university of floridaNarrative GeneralFeb 8, 2026Launching the idea of data centers in space

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.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2025The bacteria that wont wake up found in spacecraft cleanrooms

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.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaOrg RelationshipDec 9, 2025The bacteria that wont wake up found in spacecraft cleanrooms

Seidler's team connected neuroscience, physiology, and spaceflight performance with the help of the HiPerGator high-speed computing cluster at the University of Florida.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralOct 30, 2025Men show significant ocular changes after space travel

The project represents global research collaboration with reference partners in the U.S., including the University of California, Davis, and the University of Florida.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2025La astronauta Sara García participa en un experimento pionero sobre los efectos de la microgravedad

The NS-26 mission on 2025-08-29 included a NASA-funded researcher, Rob Ferl, a professor at the University of Florida.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2024Blue Origin conducts first flight of second human-rated New Shepard

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.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2024Firefly Aerospace Selects Three Educational Payloads as Part of DREAM Program

Cosmonaut: A Cultural History is authored by Cathleen S. Lewis and published by the University of Florida Press in 2023.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralAug 7, 2023Review: Cosmonaut: A Cultural History

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'.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaTechnical ProductJan 19, 2023NASA Selects Experimental Space Technology Concepts from NIAC Program for Initial Study

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'.

Mentioned as: University of Florida, GainesvilleTechnical ProductJan 9, 2023NASA funding experimental space tech

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.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaOrg RelationshipJul 11, 2021Branson flies to edge of space on SpaceShipTwo

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.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaTechnical ProductMar 22, 2021Florida Company Licenses NASA Technology That Keeps Electronics Cool

Protodromics LLC is collaborating with the University of Florida Innovation Fellows Program to study EHD pump applications.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralMar 22, 2021Florida Company Licenses NASA Technology That Keeps Electronics Cool

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.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaTechnical ProductDec 17, 2018Blue Origin gearing up for next New Shepard test flight

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.

Mentioned as: University of FloridaNarrative GeneralDec 17, 2018New Shepard to fly 8 NASA-sponsored Payloads to Space on NS-10