The Florida Space Institute

The Florida Space Institute Accelerating Space Research and Education at the University of Central Florida.

Welcome back, Knights!Today is the first day of classes at UCF, and we are looking forward to another semester of discov...
08/24/2026

Welcome back, Knights!

Today is the first day of classes at UCF, and we are looking forward to another semester of discovery, collaboration, and exploration.

To all the students, faculty, and staff starting a new chapter today, we wish you a great semester ahead!

02/14/2026

Thank you to WFTV for having FSI director Alain Berinstain on to talk about Space X launching crew to the International Space Station

Last week, FSI hosted the 2nd Annual SPACEU Symposium during Space Week. A big thank you to organizers, participants, an...
11/13/2025

Last week, FSI hosted the 2nd Annual SPACEU Symposium during Space Week. A big thank you to organizers, participants, and volunteers who made this event such a huge success! 🚀

FSI and Exolith provided some items to display at The Economist’s 3rd Annual Space Economy Summit hosted at UCF this wee...
11/06/2025

FSI and Exolith provided some items to display at The Economist’s 3rd Annual Space Economy Summit hosted at UCF this week during Space Week!

Join us November 19th at 11am for our Guest Speaker Dr. Lauren McKeown’s speech on Spiders, Plumes and Other Weird and W...
11/06/2025

Join us November 19th at 11am for our Guest Speaker Dr. Lauren McKeown’s speech on Spiders, Plumes and Other Weird and Wonderful Icy Geomorphology on Mars, Europa and in the Laboratory: Experimental Analog Approaches to Understand Surface and Subsurface Volatile Activity. We look forward to seeing everyone there and maybe uncovering a few Martian secrets together)!

🛰️FSI was thrilled to inspire the next generation of space explorers at UCF Fall 2025 STEM Day! 🚀🪙A big THANK YOU to FSI...
10/27/2025

🛰️FSI was thrilled to inspire the next generation of space explorers at UCF Fall 2025 STEM Day! 🚀🪙

A big THANK YOU to FSI scientists, students and teachers who joinedđź’›

🚀Last month, FSI’s Dust In-situ Manipulation System (DIMS) experiment flew to space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-...
10/20/2025

🚀Last month, FSI’s Dust In-situ Manipulation System (DIMS) experiment flew to space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-35 mission!

The DIMS payload was designed to create and control dust clouds in microgravity, for simulating how dust behaves in undisturbed environments, for example interstellar dust clouds or pollution aerosols in our atmosphere. The technology was developed to offer a general platform supporting experiments over a range of applications, including astrophysics, planetary sciences, and atmospheric sciences.

Pictured: our team onsite before launch + the DIMS payload that made the trip to space and back.

Had a great time representing UCF/FSI at the NASA OSBP Engagement 2025 L.I.F.T. event this week at Kennedy Space Center!
09/11/2025

Had a great time representing UCF/FSI at the NASA OSBP Engagement 2025 L.I.F.T. event this week at Kennedy Space Center!

Join us this weekend at Science Night Live at the Orlando Science Center! Link to purchase tickets in bio 🚀🧬
08/22/2025

Join us this weekend at Science Night Live at the Orlando Science Center! Link to purchase tickets in bio 🚀🧬

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