Tag: NASA

In all the time I've been here, just by the nature of the kinds of companies that have been part of the UCF Program, companies in Research Park, the work UCF does, I've always had the opportunity to be engaged with this extraordinary community of Departm ... Read more

I was 9 months old when my parents moved to 1203 West Smith Street in College Park. I grew up and we had such a wonderful neighborhood. Everybody knew everybody and it was such an exciting time... LISTEN Part I (7:52)  (text excerpts from recordin ... Read more

ABOVE: Dr. Benjamin Patz, computer engineer, electrical engineer, research scientist. At that time they were having launches, it seemed like a couple a week. There was a tremendous amount of launch activity. You could go out and you could see a launch. W ... Read more

The final launch of the Atlantis orbiter and the final mission of the space shuttle program took place on 8 July 2011 at 11:26 a.m. Through the efforts of Congressman John Mica, our family was able to view the launch from the NASA Causeway at the Kennedy ... Read more