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Pioneering Planetary Exploration With LASSIE: Texas A&M’s Role In Robotic Innovation
March 3, 2025 • 4 min. readTexas A&M is one of six universities collaborating with NASA to teach dog-like robots to navigate on challenging surfaces to better prepare for planetary exploration.
Service Beyond The Stars: Inspiring The Next Generation Of Aggie Leaders
March 3, 2025 • 11 min. readFormer astronaut Col. (Ret.) Michael E. Fossum '80 made his dreams of traveling to the stars a reality with hard work, a little bit of luck and a whole lot of Aggie Spirit.
Launching The Future: Texas A&M’s Space Institute Will Be A Hub For Innovation And Exploration
March 3, 2025 • 6 min. readThe cutting-edge facility will propel groundbreaking research, fuel industry collaborations and prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers to lead humanity’s next great frontier.
Texas A&M University and NASA have collaborated for decades to create new menu items and produce food for astronauts to take on their space missions.
By adding fungi and worm manure to simulated moondust, Texas A&M University researchers were able to achieve a world’s first — growing a small crop of the protein-rich legumes, offering hope for future lunar farming efforts.
Texas A&M Graduate Student Awarded NASA Grant To Study Martian Dunes
Feb. 5, 2025 • 3 min. readPh.D. student Lauren Berger is studying Mars' dune formations to uncover secrets about the planet’s environment and wind patterns.
New Research Advances Understanding Of The Habitability Of Icy Moons
Jan. 8, 2025 • 3 min. readThe exploration of icy ocean worlds across the solar system represents a new frontier in planetary science.
The facility will lead innovations in lunar and Mars exploration, advanced space research and workforce development for the growing space economy.
Texas A&M Advancing Space Research With Giant Magellan Telescope Team
Oct. 28, 2024 • 6 min. readGiant Magellan worked with Texas A&M researchers to clean, assemble, and test parts being used to build Earth's most powerful telescope.
Former Astronaut Aims To Inspire Next Generation Of Scientists And Engineers
Sep. 17, 2024 • 4 min. readThree Texas A&M University STEM students will be presented with Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awards during the Oct. 1 event.