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UF opens new Astraeus space exploration hub

WUFT | By Aileyahu Shanes
Published September 8, 2026 at 10:36 AM EDT
FILE - In this Friday, April 17, 2015 file photo, the Canadarm 2 reaches out to capture the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft for docking to the International Space Station. Americans haven't rocketed into orbit from their home turf since NASA's last shuttle flight in 2011. SpaceX and Boeing expect to resume human launches from Cape Canaveral in another year or two. (AP Photo/NASA)
FILE - In this Friday, April 17, 2015 file photo, the Canadarm 2 reaches out to capture the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft for docking to the International Space Station. Americans haven't rocketed into orbit from their home turf since NASA's last shuttle flight in 2011. SpaceX and Boeing expect to resume human launches from Cape Canaveral in another year or two. (AP Photo/NASA)

The University of Florida has opened a new space exploration hub.

Its Astraeus Space Institute held a ribbon cutting late last month for the new Mission Operations Center.

The facility is in the Computer Science Engineering Building on the UF Gainesville campus.

WUFT's Ailee Shanes met up with the Astraeus director Rachael Seidler to get a tour.
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Aileyahu Shanes
Aileyahu is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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