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Join the Astraeus Space Institute as we celebrate the legacy of the historic Mars Viking Missions — a landmark achievement that forever changed our understanding of the Red Planet.
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University of Florida researchers have uncovered surprising behavior in boiling cryogenic liquids that could help engineers better manage the ultracold fuels and coolants future spacecraft will rely on.
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Last night, we celebrated a milestone for the UF Astraeus Space Institute with our ribbon cutting ceremony. It marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter for space research at the University of Florida.
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Researchers at @UF are investigating how liquids behave in microgravity—knowledge that could improve spacecraft systems, fuel management, thermal control, and future long-duration missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Read more: news.ufl.edu/2026/07/liquids…
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A sugar called erythrulose has been detected in interstellar dust clouds, offering new clues about the origins of life. 🍓
Assistant Director Dr. Jamie Foster explains the discovery and its significance in this @fox35orlando interview.
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🚀 History made! Congratulations to Florida Rocket Lab on the successful launch of Mirage, the first liquid bipropellant rocket in UF history. Another incredible achievement by Gator engineers.
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ALT Student team members walking in a desert setting carrying a rocket.
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ALT Rocket set up and team members under a tent in a desert setting.
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A proud day on Capitol Hill featuring @UFAstraeus Jamie Foster at @NASAScience_ Congressional Showcase. Do you know how to grow food on the Moon? Dr. Foster answered tough (and fascinating!) questions. #IgnitingDiscovery #Astraeus
National Astronaut Day: from Alan Shepard to @UF's Rob Ferl and the recent Artemis II flight, we celebrate the next era of exploration.
We’re proud to share that Rachael Seidler, director of the UF Astraeus Space Institute, recently participated in a parabolic flight supporting groundbreaking international research funded by @NASA and @esa.
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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 and space research.
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A powerful night for the UF space community
From a packed, high-energy crowd at the Reitz Union to Gators on the ground in Cape Canaveral, the Artemis II Launch Watch brought us together in a big way.
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🚀 We’re excited to share that Dr. Chrispy Petersen will be live on WFTV Channel 9 Orlando, today between 4-7pm EDT, as the world prepares for Artemis II—a 10 day lunar fly by and NASA’s first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years. @UFAstraeus @UFWertheim
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We're so proud! Florida Rocket Lab made UF history. 🚀
After years of student-led design, manufacturing, and testing, the team successfully built and hot-fired “Sparrow,” a 550 lbf bipropellant rocket engine.
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Two @UFAstraeus faculty members recently played key leadership roles in a major report that will help guide U.S. science priorities for future human missions to Mars.
Visit the UF News website to learn more: news.ufl.edu/2026/02/faculty…
ALT An astronaut looking out at the Mars landscape, with man-made structures in the background.
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By leading data processing for a major ALMA survey, @UF_CLAS astrophysicist Adam Ginsburg helped produce the most detailed map of the Milky Way’s center and revealing vast hidden gas networks that shed new light on star formation and galaxy evolution. news.ufl.edu/2026/02/milky-w…
We’re proud to share that UF Astraeus Space Institute faculty played key leadership roles in a major The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report that will help guide U.S. science priorities for future human missions to Mars.
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Researchers at @UF Astraeus Space Institute are working with NASA’s Deep Space Logistics team to explore how mission waste could be biologically transformed into useful resources for long-duration space missions.
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Microbes. Space. Survival. –– Meet the bacteria that “plays dead.”
This discovery challenges how we think about contamination risks on spacecraft — and why “sterile” might not be enough.
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We were excited to host Peter Alexandrov this week for a First Mag Talk on space medicine and human spaceflight. Great discussions on how space research advances human health!
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@UFAstraeus space biologists Dr. Rob Ferl & Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul flew their BISS experiment on @blueorigin’s 35th #NewShepard mission, studying biology in microgravity. The flight carried 40+ payloads & marked the last use of the RSS H.G. Wells capsule.
🔗: blueorigin.com/news/new-shep…
