Why Do We Celebrate UCF Space Week? Because Discovery Starts Here Space has always inspired what Knights do. The same unstoppable spirit that launched UCF still drives us 鈥� to challenge, lead and dare to explore the unknown.
UCF Researchers Study a Centaur Transforming Into a Comet Astronomers at UCF are using NASA鈥檚 James Webb Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory to study a distant icy object that may offer a rare look at how centaurs evolve into active comets.
Florida Space Research Consortium Names UCF’s Alain Berinstain as Director Alain Berinstain, who joined UCF in January as director of the Florida Space Institute, now leads the eight-university initiative that aims to accelerate space鈥憆elated research, innovation and workforce development.
UCF, Industry Experts Share Insight on Evolution of Space Medicine As NASA continues to advance the Artemis program, UCF researchers and space experts are collaborating to ensure future travelers to the moon, Mars stay safe and healthy.
Bold, Relentless, Rising: Meet UCF鈥檚 2026 Reach for the Stars Honorees These six researchers are proving that groundbreaking work doesn鈥檛 take decades 鈥� just vision, drive and the courage to think differently.
Progressing the Final Frontier of Medicine: Space UCF and a group of valued partners are leading a research event to explore how space medicine and commercial space flight are transforming the future of human health.
Alain Berinstain Brings Bold, Collaborative Vision as New Director of Florida Space Institute at UCF Berinstain, an internationally recognized leader in space innovation, joins FSI to advance research, strengthen partnerships and guide the institute鈥檚 expansion.
UCF Scientist鈥檚 Finding Sheds Light on Milky Way Mystery Anish Roshi of the Florida Space Institute and a team of astronomers made a significant observational breakthrough related to ionized helium emissions that could provide clues to our understanding of the Milky Way鈥檚 physical processes.
UCF-Developed Testing Tech to Launch on Blue Origin Mission The technology, developed by Florida Space Institute鈥檚 Julie Brisset, was designed to create and control dust clouds in low gravity, simulating early planet formation.
UCF Researchers Measure Size of Elusive Moon Orbiting Distant Dwarf Planet for First Time鈥� In newly published research, UCF postdoctoral scholars Benjamin Proudfoot and Flavia Luane Rommel confirmed their predictions of the movements of two small space objects, giving greater insight into the development of our solar system and informing future NASA missions.
