UCF Scientists Bring NASA Astronaut’s Space Adventures to Welsh Schoolchildren
NASA’s Frank Rubio holds the record for longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut – 371 days – and on October 21, thanks to UCF,…
Dr. Urquieta Among 7 Stellar Honorees Earning UCF’s 2026 SpaceU Awards
UCF celebrated seven dynamic contributors to Central Florida’s robust space ecosystem with its 2026 SpaceU Awards, including the College of Medicine’s Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta. The…
UCF Space Medicine Faculty Honored as International Leaders
Two UCF College of Medicine faculty have been elected Academicians of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) — a lifetime distinction recognizing worldwide leaders in…
Space Capsule Lands at UCF College of Medicine
A space capsule is becoming the UCF College of Medicine’s newest classroom and research lab. Sierra Space, a Colorado-based private aerospace and defense technologies company,…
FAA Executive Physician/Scientist Joins UCF Aerospace Medicine Team
He’s an experienced skydiver, private pilot and scuba diver whose hero since childhood has been moon-walker Neil Armstrong. And now Melchor Antuñano is a UCF…
120 Students Join UCF to Become Physician Knights
Pepi Dostal was inspired to enter medicine by his grandmother, a physician who cared for her village in the Czech Republic. Often paid with eggs…
From the Clinic to the Cockpit: UCF Opens New FAA-Designated Clinic for Pilots
Minutes from one of the world’s most visited airports, The University of Central Florida has opened a new clinic to help pilots meet Federal Aviation…
New UCF Study Links Microgravity, Space Radiation to Accelerated Aging
What happens to the human body in space may help scientists create new anti-aging therapies. UCF’s Michal Masternak and his team have identified molecular changes…
UCF Scientist Sends Blood Clotting Research to Space
When NASA launches its latest voyage to the International Space Station on May 12, it will carry a blood clotting experiment from the UCF College…
UCF, Industry Experts Share Insight on Evolution of Space Medicine
Hours before Artemis II splashed down safely into the Pacific Ocean on April 10, UCF researchers, university partners, an astronaut, and the former head of NASA gathered…
Artemis II Brings Unique Space Medicine Opportunities
NASA’s upcoming Artemis II launch will witness astronauts orbiting the moon for the first time in more than half a century, providing new opportunities for…
Progressing the Final Frontier of Medicine: Space
UCF’s leading space medicine experts, valued strategic partners and an astronaut who holds NASA’s record for spacewalks will gather April 10 in Lake Nona’s Medical…