aldrin space institute

This innovative graduate certificate program will help prepare students and industry professionals for success in the rapidly evolving commercial space industry.

Surrounded by miles of red sand and craggy outcrops, crew members inside the Mars Society’s Mars Desert Research Station in Utah can easily envision what life could be like living on Mars. A Tradition is Born For two weeks, MDRS crew members work together on simulated Mars missions inside a contained habitat. Past Florida Tech crew members have included computer…

The inaugural Sino-U.S. Space Policy Research Center summer study program in Beijing led to a better understanding of how space policy touches a variety of disciplines.

Florida Tech students and faculty have returned from the first Sino-U.S. Space Policy Research Center summer study program with plans for future work.

Florida Tech, Beijing Institute of Technology and Ohio State University are convening the gathering, which will feature discussions on topics including management of space flight projects and the future of global space exploration.

"When Buzz announced that he would base his space institute at Florida Tech, his infectious passion for spaceflight’s future touched us all," Florida Tech President Dwayne McCay says.

Research to Advance the Development of Interstellar Horticulture (RADISH) is an experimental program where students and faculty are exploring ways to grow plants on Mars. Using a type of soil that mimics the kinds of conditions found on Mars, known as regolith, students are starting to see the fruits (or vegetables) of their labor as lettuce and peppers start to…

Tatsunari Tomiyama, a master’s student studying Aviation Human Factors, is back at Florida Tech after spending two weeks of intense research, team building and simulation training at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. Tomiyama served as the Health & Safety Officer for Crew 188 during the mission at MDRS—which ran from Jan. 27 to Feb. 10, 2018. MDRS…