A Digital Twin for Mental Health Wins UCF Space Hospitality Student Challenge UCF students and alums took first place with StellarSync, a digital twin of a clinical psychologist designed to help future space tourists navigate anxiety, fear and isolation.
Relive the Excitement of UCF Space Week 2026 From dazzling drone shows to bold ideas shaping the future of space, explore the sights that brought America’s Space University together.
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.
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 Engineers Develop Digital Rover Twin to Help Navigate Future NASA Missions UCF researchers are exploring digital-twin technology that could help operators simulate rover movements in real time, with potential applications for future space missions.
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.
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.
Asteroid Mining and Space Hospitality On “Are We There Yet?” Space Podcast Central Florida Public Media