Orion Boone

Tell stories. Spark curiosity.

To be a journalist is to be curious.

I've been obsessed with the questions "how?" and "why?" from the very beginning. After taking a journalism class in middle school, I was finally able to utilize that curiosity. I've been a journalist ever since.

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Central Florida Public Media •

Artemis II images prepare UCF researchers for their own lunar mission

During the Artemis II lunar flyby on Monday, the astronauts onboard took thousands of photos and made geological observations of around 35 targets on the far side of the moon. The astronauts were the first to see the far side of the moon from that perspective, and the data they collected will help planetary scientists here on Earth.At the University of Central Florida, planetary scientist Addie Dove is preparing to send an instrument to the lunar surface as early as 2028. Lunar-VISE aims to unde...
Central Florida Public Media •

Artemis II is a go for launch plus, how NASA is helping tortoises

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission could launch on a flyby mission around the moon from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center this week.It’s the first crewed mission to visit the moon since the final lunar Apollo mission in 1972. And this crew is taking with them some of the most advanced observational instruments – their eyes.We’ll speak with Artemis II mission scientist Barbara Cohen about how the crew trains to make scientific observations with their eyes and how that will help future mission land on th...
Central Florida Public Media •

Moon science and Curious Space

This is the first episode of Space on Tap, a special "Are We There Yet?" event series. It's a live, semi-scripted space-science show. This episode was held at Judson's Live in Orlando on March 23. NASA’s Artemis program could hit a big milestone as soon as April 1 with the launch of the Artemis II mission. It will be the first human mission to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.There’s fresh excitement about a new human moon mission, but for Kerri Donaldson Hanna and Addie Dove from the University...
Central Florida Public Media •

Scientists at UCF are making moon dirt for lunar chickpeas

NASA is getting closer to sending humans back to the moon through its Artemis program, and understanding the environment and the dirt on the moon is crucial. Humans will be spending time there, living and working on the lunar surface.However, access to dirt from the moon is extremely limited. Since people can’t grab moon dirt and come back to Earth, lunar regolith is made synthetically in labs.At the University of Central Florida’s Exolith Lab, managed by the Florida Space Institute, technicians...
Central Florida Public Media •

A lost lunar mission and space travel impacts on reproduction

A mission to study water on the moon is lost in space.Lunar Trailblazer went dark shortly after launch, and a new report sheds light on what went wrong.We’ll speak with science journalist, Joe Palca, about what we know about Lunar Trailblazer and how other missions might learn from its mistakes.Then, how does space travel affect reproduction? A group of mice, and their grandkids, are helping answer that question after a brief stay aboard the International Space Station.We’ll speak with Universit...
The Charge •

Lunar New Year Market VOSOT

Anchor: Luis Perez
Producer: Shane Winsten

The Charge On Air is a product of the Nicholson School of Communication's Film and Mass Media Department's Journalism Program. The show is a student-produced, faculty-advised, venture.

For the latest news our students are reporting on visit: http://www.nicholsonstudentmedia.com/
For additional information about the school visit: https://communication.ucf.edu/

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Video Location: UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media (NSC)
Central Florida Public Media •

Detecting plastics from space and how rovers can think for themselves

NASA is studying minerals, dust, and potentially plastics, on land from space.On board the International Space Station, NASA has an instrument named EMIT that studies minerals and dust that impact the Earth’s atmosphere.Kelly Luis, the EMIT aquatic applications lead said the instrument uses an imaging spectrometer to study minerals and dust -- and how that interacts with sunlight.“When that light bounces back to an instrument or detector, it has a very specific spectral fingerprint, Luis said. “...
Central Florida Public Media •

Central Floridians remember civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson

The Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at age 84. His slogan “I am somebody” echoes in Central Floridian’s minds.Jackson advocated for decades for a number of issues surrounding the lives of African Americans, including voting rights, education, economic equality and healthcare.Jackson’s civil rights work spanned six decades, including work with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rainbow coalition, and two presidential campaigns.Despite health challenges, he continued his activism into his eighti...
The Charge •

Student-designed experiment to be sent to the International Space Station

Three UCF students will send an experiment up to the International Space Station to study kidney stone development in a microgravity environment.It will launch on Mission 21 to the space station in mid-August on a SpaceX rocket.
The experiment is part of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. The project’s team consists of sophomore electrical engineering major Sammi Jones, senior biomedical sciences major Andrei Nesterenko an...
The Charge •

ICE looking to lease office in Research Park near UCF, documents show

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be looking to lease an office building less than three miles from UCF's main campus.According to documents obtained in a recent WIRED article, the Research Commons building at 12249 Science Drive is a part of several leases requested by ICE. It is unclear how the agency intends to utilize the space.The office is in proximity to apartment complexes where students reside, including The Village at Science Drive, The Nine at UCF and Knights Landing. The s...
Central Florida Public Media •

Moon science, a deeper look at one of Jupiter’s moons and our own

Millions of miles from our planet, scientists think that one planetary body could harbor life.Europa is an icy moon, with an ocean underneath its surface. It’s one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, and it’s slightly smaller than Earth’s.Within Europa’s icy waters is where scientists think they may find habitable conditions, or even signs that life once existed there.That’s why NASA launched the Europa Clipper mission back in 2024. The probe will reach Europa in 2030, hoping to observe and find potential ev...
Central Florida Public Media •

Artemis II on the cover of TIME and Pandora on the hunt for other worlds

The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be launched on a mission to the moon and back no earlier than March. This will be the first time humans have been to the moon since 1972.Jeffrey Kluger, editor at large at TIME, called Artemis II a landmark for humanity, and believes the crew feels the weight of the mission.“None of these crew members were alive the last time we walked on the moon....

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