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🚀 Special Colloquium at FSI! Join us for an exciting talk from the European Space Agency's Dr. Luca Conversi on the ESA Planetary Defense Observational Program 📅 Tuesday, April 1st ⏲️ 10:30 AM EST Room #209 Registration Link: lnkd.in/dvvyJ7gz

🚨 Seminar Update – Event Canceled 🚨 We regret to inform you that our upcoming seminar, originally scheduled for today at 10:30 am, has been canceled due to an unexpected conflict for our guest speaker.

Joins us! 📅 Date:  Tuesday, March 25, 2025 ⏰ Time:  10:30 am 📍 Location: Florida Space Institute, 12354 Research Parkway, Room 209 + Registration Link: ucf.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

☄️ What if an asteroid was heading toward Earth? 🌍🚀 Scientists worldwide—including experts at the Florida Space Institute—are developing protocols to detect, track, and mitigate potential threats. Check out 👇Telemundo 31 🔗 telemundo31.com/local/defensa-…

Woohoo! The Resilience lunar lander from @ispace_inc just flew by the Moon preparing for insertion and landing later this year. Link below. 1/2

Central Florida peeps, visit us at the Orlando Science Center during SPARK STEM FEST. Today through Monday. ⁦@FSI_Orlando⁩ ⁦@UCF⁩

We're present at the @orlandoscience Spark STEM Fest!

Join us on Thursday, February 20th at 10:30am EST for Lander Ground Operations in NASA’s Human Landing System program Deputy Manager, Tracy Gill's seminar on Building sustainable habitats on Mars and the Moon. Register for the seminar at: ucf.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Our new website is LIVE! Visit fsi.ucf.edu where you can find information on everything FSI. From research and system development to operations and education, you'll be able to stay up to date with our efforts on all areas!

Thank you to all who registered for our January 30th seminar with distinguished professor Dr. Reda R. Mankbadi! Stay tuned to our social media pages for the upcoming announcement for February's seminar.

Join us today in about 2 hours for Reda R. Mankbadi's seminar on Quiet Propulsion for Urban Air Mobility! To register for the seminar, please visit: ucf.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

UCF student Abigail Glover receives prestigious Astronaut Scholarship! Glover is a project manager with the Regolith Interactions for the Development of Extraterrestrial Rovers (RIDER) program at UCF’s Exolith Lab! Read more by following the link below: ucf.edu/news/3-ucf-stu…

ATTENTION FLORIDA COLLEGE AND UNIVESITY STUDENTS The Atlantis Educational Services will be hosting two, Four-day academies called the Space Trek Academy. Please go to the following website for more information and the application form floridaspacegrant.org/program/space-…

Be sure to join us next Thursday, January 30th at 10:30am EST for Reda R. Mankbadi's seminar on Next Gen Propulsion Systems! Join through zoom by registering on our link: ucf.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Earlier this week, FSI hosted the LEXI team in our offices as they oversaw the successful launch of their specialized instrument which will take global images of the interaction of the solar wind and the Earth’s magnetic field. Read more at: sites.bu.edu/lexi/

Be sure to join us next Thursday, January 30th at 10:30am EST for Reda R. Mankbadi's seminar on Next Gen Propulsion Systems! Join through zoom by registering on our link: ucf.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Today: writing a final report for tests in the Exolith Lab simulating lunar landings. Was able to extract the erosion rate of soil from video, proving that the technique works. This was just a phase-1, proof-of-concept test, but I am very pleased with the results.

@FSI_Orlando's CubeSat program is opening new doors in space exploration with compact, affordable satellites that give students and researchers access to microgravity and beyond. 🛰️youtu.be/FK1f0BYoQIw

@AsteroidWatch More presenters include Physics PhD student Brittany Harvison, whom last year published a study of the composition of families of ancient asteroids, as well as @UCF Vice President for Access and Community Engagement Andrea Guzmán.

Presenting as well on the OSIRIS-APEX Mission and on behalf of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office ( NASA's @AsteroidWatch ) are Anjani Polit and Lindley Johnson respectively.

This week we've welcomed the Lunar Planetary Institute's SBAG meeting! Featured in the images below are researchers Patrick Taylor from the Next Generation Radar Team as well as Interim Department Chair and Associate Professor Adrienne Dove, who have addressed those present.