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UCF, TAU Systems to Collaborate on Space Radiation Testing Platform

June 1, 2026
  As spacecrafts venture farther and operate longer in orbit, one of the biggest threats they face is invisible: bursts of radiation that can disrupt or damage the electronics that keep them running. Testing those effects on Earth, however, has required massive particle accelerators with limited availability, creating a bottleneck for researchers and industry. At UCF, researchers working…