Space Manufacturing
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ORAU joins forces with Florida universities in effort to boost space manufacturing
ORAU is collaborating with the University of Florida, Florida A&M University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and the Florida Institute of Technology to establish the Center for Science, Technology and Advanced Research in Space, or C-STARS.
A National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) planning grant will support the Center for Science, Technology and Advanced Research in Space (C-STARS).
C-STARS will be a multidisciplinary research hub with the mission to support and serve the growing space sector in space manufacturing and train the next generation of workers in space technologies, sciences, and exploration.
C-STARS will bring together universities, industries, and the Florida Spaceport to transform access to the space environment and facilitate development of innovative on-demand, in situ space manufacturing capabilities in biopharma, microelectronics, photonics, and payload hardware solutions.
The overall vision of C-STARS is to ensure our country achieves and sustains global space manufacturing preeminence.