space

An engineering professor is working on a collaborative project with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to develop localization and mapping algorithms for an astronaut robot (Robonaut) to make better use of the crew’s time, and to perform dangerous tasks in lieu of a human.

The National Academy of Inventors named Texas A&M University’s John L. Junkins among its 175 NAI Fellows for 2016.

Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center are collaborating with other Texas A&M University partners to find new medical discoveries in space.

Meigan C. Aronson, a professor of physics and astronomy at Stony Brook University has been named Dean of Science at Texas A&M University.