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Inside UCF's history as SpaceU, NASA ties

Katherine Langford
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Katherine oversees editorial operations across all six brands. Before joining The Meridan Group, she spent 14 years at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she led the metro desk through its digital transformation. She holds a Master's in Journalism from Northwestern's Medill School.

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Inside UCF's history as SpaceU, NASA ties — Vero Beach Technology news

Dr. Philip Metzger, Director of the Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and Education at UCF joins FOX 35's Garrett Wymer live via Zoom to break down UCF's founding as Florida Technical University, established as a feeder school to the US Space Program and how those roots continue to produce the future of the US Space program.

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