{"id":155748,"date":"2026-10-07T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//?p=155748"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:42:44","slug":"mission-x-honoring-ucfs-origin-story-for-10th-annual-space-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//mission-x-honoring-ucfs-origin-story-for-10th-annual-space-game/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//","title":{"rendered":"Mission X: Honoring Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&#8217;s Origin Story for 10th Annual Space Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Landing humans on the moon was just a dream when Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ was founded in 1963. But we dared to believe /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 developing </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em><em>the talent and inventing the technologies to make it reality. That same spirit still drives us today.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong><em>We are </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong><strong><em>America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s Space Universit</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong><strong><em>y</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong><strong><em>. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"text-center pt-4 line-height-1 font-size-sm/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Where Global Leaders Unite to Forge the Future of Space</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//section>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/t/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<hr>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>Since Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ first held classes on Oct. 7, 1968, we have always been driven by an ambitious charge: /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201cReach for the stars./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201d The first moon landing followed in 1969. Decades later, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ keeps reaching as that founding mission lives on in the Knights developing the talent, discoveries and technologies taking humanity deeper into space /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 and transforming life here on Earth.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<blockquote><p>Before Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ had a single classroom, we had a mission: provide the talent to help humanity reach the moon.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½, <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//space/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s Space University</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>, was built for the Space Age. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&#8217;s inaugural Space Game uniform in 2017 (left) and the 10th anniversary Space Game uniform (right). The 2017 uniform The helmet included a picture of the surface of the moon sublimated in the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ logo and included a special stripe down the center of the helmet. The 2026 uniform is heavily influenced by the astronauts of NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s earliest human spaceflight missions Mercury, Gemini and Apollo during the 1960s when the university was founded.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>Together, these milestones offer a chance to reflect on how far Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ has come /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 and look toward where Knights are headed next.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>Across six decades, every breakthrough has built on what came before. The goalposts have moved from reaching the moon to sustaining life beyond it. New fields have joined the mission. Once-distant ideas have become experiments, breakthroughs and careers powered by Knights.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>The moments that follow trace those threads across generations: then, the bold moves that launched Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s space legacy; now, the people and possibilities building on that foundation to push exploration even further.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155796/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"675/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-155796 size-full/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"A message from Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&apos;s founding President Charles N. Millican emphasized Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&apos;s connections to space from the beginning of the university. (President message content originally appeared in Central Florida Future&apos;s Oct. 7, 1968 edition)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message.jpg 1200w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-300x169.jpg 300w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-768x432.jpg 768w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-711x400.jpg 711w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-360x203.jpg 360w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" sizes=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"675/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-155796 size-full lazyload/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20675%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"A message from Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&apos;s founding President Charles N. Millican emphasized Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&apos;s connections to space from the beginning of the university. (President message content originally appeared in Central Florida Future&apos;s Oct. 7, 1968 edition)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20675%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" sizes=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" data-srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message.jpg 1200w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-300x169.jpg 300w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-768x432.jpg 768w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-711x400.jpg 711w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message-360x203.jpg 360w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_Millican-Message.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">A message from Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&#8217;s founding President Charles N. Millican emphasized the university&#8217;s connections to space from the beginning of the university. (President message content from <em>Central Florida Futur</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em>e&#8217;s Oct. 7, 1968 edition)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<h2>1960s | Building the Space Workforce</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>1963:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Florida Technological University, now Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½, is founded to provide talent for the growing space industry as the United States is challenged with landing a man on the moon before 1970.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is the No. 1 supplier of graduates to the nation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s aerospace and defense industries by <em>Aviation Week</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em>. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Some of the first buildings on Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&#8217;s campus in 1968.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>1968:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Classes begin across Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s original five colleges, with aerospace sciences among the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s earliest degree programs.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong><strong>:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Space at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ extends far beyond a single discipline. 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1100px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1100/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"821/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-155821 size-full lazyload/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201100%20821%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"Central Florida Future newspaper clipping highlights astronaut John Young as Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&apos;s first commencement speaker/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201100%20821%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1100w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" sizes=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" data-srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½_John-Young-Commencement-Speaker.jpg 1100w, 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">The late astronaut John Young spoke at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&#8217;s first commencement ceremony in 1970. Young was an Orlando native and flew on the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. (Content from <em>Central Florida Future</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em>&#8216;s June 19, 1970 edition)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>1968: </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ receives its first research grant /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 $12,500 from NASA /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 establishing an early connection between the university and the agency.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ has received $204 million in NASA awards since 1991, supporting work that advances planetary exploration, propulsion, space medicine, technologies and more. This underscores the strong decades-long collaboration between the university and the agency.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_149770/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img size-full wp-image-149770 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"A Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ student wearing a white virtual reality headset holds a controller in one hand./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" sizes=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Computer science doctoral student Hiroshi Furuya uses a virtual reality headset to <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//cislune-partners-with-ucf-on-simulation-to-improve-decision-making-for-future-lunar-missions/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">simulate a moon mission</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>, aiming to improve human decision-making and astronaut/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2013autonomous system interactions. The work is part of a NASA-funded project in partnership with Cislune. (Photo by Melanie Cede/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u00f1o-L/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u00f3pez)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<h2>1970s | Connecting Education to Industry</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155753/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 586px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"586/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"749/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-155753 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Electrical engineering alum Bob Butterfield &#8217;75 discovered a new method for reading X-rays while a co-op student at NASA. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Luis Jimenez-Chavez &#8217;22 &#8217;25MS, who has conducted human health related research for NASA, working in a research lab on campus.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ students are <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//mynews13.com/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//fl/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//orlando/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//03/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//26/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//college-students-help-nasa-with-plans-to-return-to-the-moon/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">building simulated lunar landers for NASA,</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a> conducting <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//ucf-student-explores-bridges-between-health-in-space-and-health-on-earth/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">hands-on research alongside Johnson Space Center astronauts</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a> and testing technology on the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//ucf-first-generation-student-is-finding-her-place-in-space/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">world/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s largest simulated lunar surface</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>These experiences strengthen students/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019 resumes while giving them workforce-ready skills and professional connections to step directly into the fast-growing space industry /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 and start contributing immediately.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<h2>1980s | Developing the Foundation of Space Medicine</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>1985:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> As rockets soared off Florida&#8217;s Space Coast for NASA&#8217;s Space Shuttle Program, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ students were already exploring spaceflight&#8217;s impact on people. A group of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ health sciences graduate students, including respiratory health alum <strong>Charles Gutierrez &#8217;82 &#8217;85MS</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong>, conducted experiments in labs on campus and on a field used as a makeshift launch site to understand how rockets impact heart and lung health. The research, published in <em>The Physiologist,&nbsp;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em>reflects Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&#8217;s spirit of turning curiosity into action.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_145125/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img size-full wp-image-145125 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Vice Chair of Aerospace Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine Emmanuel Urquieta (Photo by Jordan Smith)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Reaching farther into space requires an understanding of how humans will live, work and stay healthy there. As the closest medical school to NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s Kennedy Space Center, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ established the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//med.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//aerospace-medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//caseem-center-for-aerospace/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Center for Aerospace and Extreme Environments Medicine.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a> Led by Emmanuel Urquieta, vice chair of aerospace medicine and associate professor of medicine, the center brings together Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ experts across disciplines to lead research and develop technologies that will help humans prepare for longer missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. Urquieta also leads <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//med.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//aerospace-medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s aerospace medicine program</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<h2>1990s | Creating a Place for Space</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>1990:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ establishes the Space Education and Research Center, which later becomes the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//fsi.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Florida Space Institute</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>. The institute is a hub for space research, education and technology development connected to Florida/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s space industry.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> FSI research ranges from studying the Earth/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s upper atmosphere to the origin of the planets to propulsion technologies for aerospace vehicles. Through research, operations oversight and educational programs, the institute continues to position Florida as a global leader in the space industry and contributes to the state/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s economic development.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155754/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-155754 size-full/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">In May 2026, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ hosted the quarterfinal of NASA&#8217;s Lunabotics Challenge, a competition for college students to design and build a prototype off-world construction robots, for the second year. During Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Space Week, Oct. 25-30, the university hosts the international final for the first time.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>Among its facilities is the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//fsi.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//exolith-lab/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Exolith Lab</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>, home to the world/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s largest simulated lunar surface. Filled with 240,000 pounds of simulated lunar soil, the lab/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s Lunar Highland Regolith Test Bin lets researchers, students and space organizations test how rovers, tools and other technologies perform on a moonlike surface.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155755/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-155755 size-full/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Physics alum Catherine Millwater &#8217;23 gazes at the night sky near Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½&#8217;s Robinson Observatory. (Photo by Nick Leyva &#8217;15)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>1996:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Robinson Observatory opens on Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s main campus, providing students and faculty a place to study planetary systems, asteroids and more. By 2004, it housed what the <em>Orlando Sentinel</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em> described as the largest telescope in the Southeast open to the public.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ researchers use observations from some of the world/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s most powerful telescopes, including <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//ucf-researchers-study-a-centaur-transforming-into-a-comet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s James Webb Space Telescope</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a> and the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, to investigate comets, asteroids, and the origins and evolution of our solar system.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<h2>2000s | Entering the Space Renaissance</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155756/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-img size-full wp-image-155756 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">In 2009, Stott completed the first painting done in space. <em>The Wave</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em> is based on a photo taken through the International Space Station window.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>2009: </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong>Engineering alum <strong>Nicole Stott /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201992MS</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> launches aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ graduate to fly aboard a NASA shuttle and live on the International Space Station.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155803/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">The Rosen College Career Fair 2025 featured a space theme as students consider possibilities in space hospitality. (Photo by Antoine Hart)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is preparing students not only to travel to space, but also to build the industries, policies and experiences surrounding it.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>Through the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//college/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//miller-college-of-business/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Barry S. Miller College of Business</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>, students can earn the nation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s first fully online MBA in space commercialization. A <em>Space Policy and Management</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//em> course in the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//college/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//community-innovation-education/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">College of Community Innovation and Education</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a> examines the decisions and administrative mechanisms that help power the space industry. Students can help imagine the future of dining and hospitality in spaceports, shuttles and orbital hotels at the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//hospitality.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Rosen College of Hospitality Management</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>, a global leader in hospitality and tourism education.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<h2>2010s | Return to Liftoff</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155762/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1500px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><noscript><img 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">The inaugural Space Game uniform launched in 2017. (Photo courtesy of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Athletics)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>2017</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong>: Invigorated by a new uniform line and excitement around the hiring of Scott Frost as head coach in 2016, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Athletics decides to debut the Space Game /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 an idea conceptualized three years prior by Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Athletics/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019 brand experience department.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s a unique part of the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ story that it was too good of an opportunity not to use the athletics platform to amplify,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201d <strong>Jimmy Skiles /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201906 </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong>said in a <a 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data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//09/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//Mission-X_Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½-Football_Space-Game_Taevion-Swint_08222026conor-kvatek.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ running back and interdisciplinary studies major Taevion Swint models the 2026 Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Space Game uniform, which pays homage to NASA&#8217;s earliest missions. (Photo by Conor Kvatek, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Athletics)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today: </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong>The annual Space Game /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 which has crossed over into Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s other sports /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 has grown into a spectacular, fan favorite event that promotes our <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//space-game-means-something-extra-for-ucf-football-player-mother/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">talented people</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>, the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//behind-ucf-space-game-2025s-theme-hypersonic-hades-wind-tunnel/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">revolutionary work</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a> done here and has laid the groundwork for what has become <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//spaceweek/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Space Week.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"attachment_155761/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">In 2013, College of Sciences Dean Joshua Colwell&#8217;s experiment was one of eight winners for the Florida International Space Station Research Competition. The experiment, which was supported by Department of Physics Chair Adrienne Dove, aimed to investigate how planets form and was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>2019:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong> Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ sends five research projects into space with SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic flights after launch activity resumes in full force following the conclusion of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p><strong>Today:</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//strong>&nbsp;Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ has worked with NASA on almost 600 projects since the 1990s, including the Lunar-VISE mission led by Associate Professor Kerri Donaldson Hanna and Department of Physics Chair Adrienne Dove. The <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//nasa-selects-ucf-for-35-million-mission-to-the-moons-mysterious-gruithuisen-domes/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">$35 million project</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>&nbsp;will land a spacecraft on a part of the moon never visited before: the Gruithuisen Domes.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<h2>2020s and Beyond</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>The next era of space exploration is already taking shape /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 and Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is helping lead it.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>NASA is targeting 2028 for the first crewed Artemis lunar landing. At the same time, commercial launches are accelerating /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 with the White House aiming to enable over 1,000 launches and reentries on American soil annually by 2030 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 new markets are emerging, and the demand for space-ready talent and technology continues to grow. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Aerospace engineering alum and researcher Rachel Hytovick /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201920 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201924MS /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u201925PhD (left) with Trustee Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Kareem Ahmed (right) at the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ HyperSpace Center. (Photo by Nick Leyva &#8217;15)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>As the next phase of space exploration, <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//cecs.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//HYPERSPACE/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s HyperSpace Center</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a> launched in October 2024 as a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//ucf-u-s-air-force-partner-on-center-of-excellence-to-advance-hypersonics-space-propulsion/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">first-of-its-kind partnership with the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>, providing a centralized, physical space to advance hypersonic technology.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>In May 2027, Knights from Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics aim to launch a rocket from sea through a partnership with Seagate. The ambitious effort aims to be to first sea-based launch by university students in the nation /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2014 an example of how we continue to forge a path forward for space exploration.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/n<p>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is also helping connect Florida/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/u2019s universities, NASA and industry through the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//space-florida-announces-launch-of-florida-university-space-research-consortium/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748/">Florida University Space Research Consortium</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155748//a>. 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