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Rob Ferl

Florida Museum Fossils Go to Space

UF researcher Rob Ferl carried 56-million-year-old primate and horse jawbones, plus a Pleistocene moon snail shell from the Florida Museum of Natural History, on a suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

UF Researchers Study How To Grow Food on the Moon

UF is helping NASA build a permanent moon colony by growing plants in moon soil, a breakthrough that could benefit Florida and beyond as NASA prepares to send astronauts around the moon in 2025.

Space Exploration Hub

UF researcher Rob Ferl talks about how UF has become a key hub for space exploration and how the Astraeus Space Institute is shaping the future.

UF Scientist Rob Ferl Completes Historic Space Mission

University of Florida scientist Rob Ferl took a giant leap for research Thursday when he became the first NASA-funded university researcher to conduct his own experiments in space during a flawless sub-orbital mission on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.