Texas A&M University Space Institute | Game Changer In Space Research

Where can you visit the moon and Mars in the span of a few minutes? In the Texas A&M University Space Institute, which is poised to be a game changer in space innovation and research when it opens in fall 2026. Former astronaut and institute director Dr. Nancy Currie-Gregg and co-director and space robotics expert Dr. Robert Ambrose talk about the exciting features that will be housed within the walls of the Space Institute, including the massive 2.5-acre moon and Marscapes, each roughly the size of Texas A&M’s iconic Kyle Field football stadium. Read the story 🔗: https://tx.ag/OnrjekP Footage provided by The Texas A&M University System, from Episode 11 of “Around Texas with Chancellor John Sharp,” original air date of December 2024.” Since the time of the interview, Texas A&M has added a fifth former astronaut to its faculty, Dr. Serena Auñόn-Chancellor.