NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium, headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics, will be collaborating in a new statewide effort to grow Texas’ skilled technical aerospace workforce after NASA selected the Texas Space Commission as one of seven organizations nationwide to host a NASA Aerospace Skilled Technical Workforce Hub. The three-year… Continue Reading Texas Space Grant to Collaborate with Texas Space Commission on New NASA Aerospace Skilled Technical Workforce Hub

Fall Design Challenge Applications Now Open NASA Texas Space Grant’s Fall 2026 Design Challenge applications are now live! Design Challenge is a Texas-wide engineering and research competition that pairs students with mentors from NASA’s Johnson Space Center to propose, design, and create solutions for NASA research objectives. Students are able to choose from topics curated… Continue Reading August 2026 Newsletter

For Team Daedalus, what began as a Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC) Design Challenge project grew into a $10,000 award-winning concept recognized at the NASA ORBIT (Opportunities for Research and Brainstorming Innovative Technologies) competition. Their innovative lunar drone design, which uses charged lunar soil as a propulsion source in the Moon’s near-vacuum environment, earned top… Continue Reading Design Challenge Team Soars to 10K Success at NASA ORBIT Competition