A university professor is about to venture out of this world to carry out a science experiment decades in the making. Robert Ferl, director of the University of Florida's UF Astraeus Space Institute, ...

Shenzhou-18 crew members Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu conduct experiments and maintenance aboard the Tiangong space ...

How do plants adapt when they go into space? That’s the question the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) hopes to answer with a novel space-based experiment ...

A professor at the University of Florida is set to become the first ever academic funded by NASA to do their own experiment in space. Dr. Robert Ferl is the director of UF's Astraeus Space Institute.

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS-Canada) has selected the four finalist teams among a pool of applications for its latest initiative, the Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Rob Ferl will head to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft, but he didn't pay his own way like others aboard. In the unforgiving environment of space, getting something to grow and thrive can ...