When the Space Launch Program (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft lastly launched from the Kennedy Room Center as portion of the Artemis 1 mission, it will not only be a triumph for NASA, but for the UCF alumni who contributed to its growth. Extra than 30 alumni get the job done on the project, including Ben Bair ’19, a fluids layout engineer for Jacobs, which is the greatest contractor at KSC supporting NASA’s Exploration Floor Techniques. Ben Bair ’19 in front of the SLS rocket. (Photograph by Tracy Yates/Jacobs) Bair, who acquired a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at UCF, says that currently being a component of this historic launch with…