Love Space? Join One of These UCF Student Organizations Whether you’re a novice stargazer or ready to help launch a rocket into space, there’s a group for you at America’s Space University.
UCF Astronomer Selected by NASA to Explore Virtual Super Telescope Concept Senior scientist Anish Roshi Damodaran received a $175,000 NASA award to investigate a virtual telescope concept that could reveal planet formation and the early universe in unprecedented detail.
UCF Students, Emmy-Winning Professors Team Up to Give a Voice to the Dead From the graveyard to a podcasting studio, UCF legal studies and journalism students collaborated for a unique cross-disciplinary class project.
7 Stellar Honorees Earn UCF’s 2026 SpaceU Awards As part of the second UCF Space Week, the honors celebrate individuals and organizations who are advancing development, discovery, exploration, and engagement in the field.
UCF Alum ‘Returns to Earth’ After 378-Day Mars Mission Film production entrepreneur and electrical engineer Matthew Montgomery ’08 ’09MS recounts his experience as part of a four-person crew for NASA’s CHAPEA Mission 2 at Johnson Space Center.
Space History Meets the Future in Interactive UCF Exhibit Built by a humanities doctoral student, a new immersive, 270-degree experience invites visitors to explore six decades of space history — and UCF’s place in it.
Top Moments from UCF’s Homecoming Win vs. No. 2 BYU From the Bounce House’s most electric highlights to the celebratory field rush, we can’t get enough of these scenes from one of the biggest victories in program history.
UCF Researcher Designing Hypersonic Jet Engine for Seamless Atmospheric and Space Travel The research aims to design a specialized dual-mode engine that may make hypersonic and space travel more efficient and accessible.
UCF Aerospace Medicine Faculty Honored as International Leaders Emmanuel Urquieta and Jennifer Fogarty receive the distinction for their contributions in the field of space travel.
Research in 60 Seconds: What Happens to Astronauts’ Blood in Space? Assistant Professor of Aerospace Medicine Hansjorg Schwertz’s research examines how spaceflight impacts blood clotting in humans.
