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University of Central Florida

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Orlando, Florida, United States
www.ucf.edu
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GoKnown was accepted into the University of Central Florida’s NSF I-Corps Aerospace and Aviation Cohort funded by the National Science Foundation in August.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaOrg RelationshipFeb 13, 2026Latest News

The University of Central Florida's proximity to Kennedy Space Center positions it as a leader in space medicine.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaTechnical ProductOct 30, 2025New UCF Center Accelerates Research and Clinical Innovation in Space Medicine

The photonic lantern was designed and fabricated by the University of Sydney and the University of Central Florida.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2025Telescope hack opens a sharper view into the universe

Astrobotic completed a flight test campaign for the University of Central Florida (UCF) last week at the company’s facility in Mojave, CA.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaOrg RelationshipOct 12, 2023Astrobotic Successfully Completes Flight Test Campaign for UCF’s Ejecta STORM Laser Sensor

Astrobotic completed a flight test campaign for the University of Central Florida at its Mojave, California facility on 2023-10-10.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaOrg RelationshipOct 10, 2023Xodiac Flies First Astrobotic Customer Campaign

Astrobotic is collaborating with Phil Metzger of the University of Central Florida to design and build the Floatinator hot-fire test apparatus.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2023Astrobotic’s two NASA contracts to investigate rocket plumes and their interaction with the lunar surface

Astrobotic is collaborating with Phil Metzger of the University of Central Florida to design and build a hot-fire test apparatus for the Floatinator project.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaOrg RelationshipSep 6, 2023Astrobotic Commences Two NASA Contracts to Investigate Rocket Plumes and their interaction with the Lunar Surface

The University of Central Florida, Orlando, won third place in the AIAA Rookie Award at the college level in NASA’s 2023 Student Launch challenge.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2023NASA names the winners of the 2023 Student Rocket Launch Competition

MSBAI, Georgia Tech, and the University of Central Florida were awarded a SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 1 contract to adapt the GURU 'Universal Interface for Simulation' for In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing missions.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaTechnical ProductSep 19, 2022Space Force Selects GURU, Georgia Tech, UCF to Accelerate On-Orbit Operations

MSBAI, Georgia Tech, and the University of Central Florida have been awarded a SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 1 contract to adapt the GURU ‘Universal Interface for Simulation’ for In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing missions.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaTechnical ProductSep 16, 2022Space Force Selects GURU, Georgia Tech, UCF for On-Orbit Operations

Students at the University of Central Florida provided an experimental payload designed to simulate asteroid particle activity during the suborbital flight.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2022Student payloads to fly on RocketStar suborbital test flight

The National Science Foundation selected a group led by the University of Central Florida, with Universidad Ana G. Méndez and Yang Enterprises Inc., to run the Arecibo telescope in 2018.

Mentioned as: University of Central FloridaNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2020Arecibo radio observatory damaged

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 Central FloridaTechnical ProductDec 17, 2018Blue Origin gearing up for next New Shepard test flight

The Collisions Into Dust Experiment (COLLIDE) led by Dr. Josh Colwell and Dr. Addie Dove at the University of Central Florida investigates dust particle reactions during planetary exploration missions.

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