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Texas A&M Grad Student Achieves World First By Growing Chickpeas In Moondust Mixture
Feb. 1, 2024 • 4 min. readBy adding fungi and worm manure to simulated moondust, researchers managed to grow a small crop of the protein-rich legumes, offering hope for future lunar farming efforts.
Texas A&M Engineering Leads Collaboration For Revolutionary In-Space Operations Technologies
Jan. 10, 2024 • 3 min. readStudents and researchers will help the United States Space Force’s Space Strategic Technology Institute with critical research worth nearly $50 million.
A new statue depicts the heroic astronaut during his days as a pilot at the Bryan Air Force Base.
NASA’s Webb, Hubble Telescopes Combine To Create Most Colorful View Of Universe
Nov. 9, 2023 • 4 min. readThe striking image represents one of the most comprehensive views of the universe ever taken and reveals a vivid landscape of galaxies along with more than a dozen newfound, time-varying objects.
MSC SCONA Welcomes Former Astronauts To Discuss The Future Of Space Travel, Exploration
Oct. 24, 2023 • 3 min. readAmong the astronauts featured will be Col. Mike Fossum, Texas A&M vice president and COO of the university’s Galveston campus.
Space Biology And The Out-Of-This-World Exploration Of Plant Stress
Oct. 11, 2023 • 3 min. readA Texas A&M AgriLife plant scientist has joined a NASA-funded project to help understand how plants grow away from Earth.
Texas A&M joins scientific institutions across six countries in celebrating the project's most recent milestone underway in Arizona.
The $200 million facility will be built at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to help ensure Texas remains a leader in space exploration.
Atmospheric Sciences Professor On Team Selected For New NASA Satellite Mission
June 9, 2023 • 3 min. readTexas A&M atmospheric scientist Dr. Anita Rapp is contributing to a new NASA mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere.
Webb Telescope Detects Universe’s Most Distant Organic Molecules
June 5, 2023 • 5 min. readTexas A&M astronomer Justin Spilker and collaborators have found complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth.