NASA

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — UCF will develop and create innovative space technology to support NASA’s Artemis program. The university was one of seven awarded a $500,000 grant by NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Space Technology Artemis Research, or M-STAR initiative because it’s a Hispanic Serving Institution, meaning a quarter of its student […]

Two UCF researchers will partner with small businesses to develop new and innovative space technologies through NASA’s Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Mechanical and aerospace engineering Professor Subith Vasu and Assistant Professor Kawai Kwok have been awarded Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Planning Grants, which are awarded […]

UCF will be a player in developing innovative technologies needed to support NASA’s Artemis program, which will return people to the moon and create a robust presence there over the next decade. The university has been awarded a $500,000 grant to create transformative space technologies by bringing together interdisciplinary teams of faculty and students to […]

As a child growing up on the Space Coast, Caroline Anderson ’19 would stand in her backyard and watch the space shuttles launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Her lifelong passion for space, coupled with mentorship from several local women who worked as engineers in the space sector, led her to pursue a career in […]

For 19 UCF students, the dream of working for NASA came true this past semester as they completed internships at Kennedy Space Center through NASA’s Pathways Program. The program gives qualifying university students an opportunity to work at the space agency, where every semester UCF has students working in everything from engineering to accounting. The students […]