UF Astraeus Space Institute

Researchers at the University of Florida are advancing new technologies to detect nuclear activity from space, positioning the university at the forefront of a rapidly evolving area of national security […]

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth. The findings, which come […]

On the morning of March 16, 1926, Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882–1945), a Professor of Physics at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and his assistant Henry Sachs arrived at an isolated […]

Two University of Florida faculty members with the Astraeus Space Institute played key leadership roles in a major National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report released in December that […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia’s STS-61C mission Monday with a panel discussion on leadership, ethics and the future of […]

As the number of space missions continues to grow, with hundreds currently active, waste generated during missions has also increased. Cargo packaging materials such as foam and plastic are often […]

As the clock approached 10 AM EST on the morning of October 25, 1965, the crew of Gemini VI, Commander Walter M. “Wally” Schirra (1923–2007) and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford (1930–2024), […]

New research conducted on a NASA-discovered bacterium shows the microbe is capable of entering an extreme dormant state, essentially “playing dead” to survive in some of the cleanest environments on […]

A new study into how spaceflight impacts the human brain and eyes revealed notable sex differences in brain fluid shifts, with female astronauts showing a greater reduction in fluid around […]

On October 20, 1975, 134 days after its June 8 launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soviet space probe Venera 9 approached to within 1600 km of the surface of the […]

Astronauts traveling to Mars will face many challenges, but one of the most serious is muscle loss during long space missions. A new study led by University of Florida researcher Siobhan […]

New Astraeus Space Institute director discusses upcoming Space Days, recent milestones For UF students and faculty, the frontier of space science has never been closer to home. UF’s Astraeus Space […]