Morning Notes for Oct. 28: Around town

Weather: Today: Chance of rain showers, 81°F. Tonight: Chance of showers and thunderstorms, 73°F. Thursday: Chance of rain showers, 85°F. Thursday Night: Chance of rain showers then partly cloudy, 71°F. (NWS forecast)

Around town

• UCF Alum ‘Returns to Earth’ After 378-Day Mars Mission Film production entrepreneur and electrical engineer Matthew Montgomery ’08 ’09MS recounts his experience as part of a four-person crew for NASA’s CHAPEA Mission 2 at Johnson Space (University of Central Florida)
• Space History Meets the Future in Interactive UCF Exhibit Built by a humanities doctoral student, a new immersive, 270-degree experience invites visitors to explore six decades of space history — and UCF’s place in it. (University of Central Florida)
• Top Moments from UCF’s Homecoming Win vs. No. 2 BYU From the Bounce House’s most electric highlights to the celebratory field rush, we can’t get enough of these scenes from one of the biggest victories in program history. (University of Central Florida)
• UCF Researcher Designing Hypersonic Jet Engine for Seamless Atmospheric and Space Travel The research aims to design a specialized dual-mode engine that may make hypersonic and space travel more efficient and accessible. (University of Central Florida)
• UCF Aerospace Medicine Faculty Honored as International Leaders Emmanuel Urquieta and Jennifer Fogarty receive the distinction for their contributions in the field of space travel. (University of Central Florida)
• Research in 60 Seconds: What Happens to Astronauts’ Blood in Space? Assistant Professor of Aerospace Medicine Hansjorg Schwertz’s research examines how spaceflight impacts blood clotting in humans. (University of Central Florida) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Horizon West’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.