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US university commits $500mn to construction including a space institute
08 November 2024
Texas A&M University in Texas, US, announced US$500 million in new construction projects for the campus, including a $200 million 鈥榮pace institute鈥� at Johnson Space Center in nearby Houston.
Render of the future Texas A&M University Space Institute located at Houston鈥檚 Johnson Space Center. (Image courtesy Texas A&M)
The project was first unveiled in 2023, but
The space facility is expected to be four storeys, span 32 acres and assist 鈥渟cientists and other personnel at the facility will support mission training, aeronautics research, advanced robotics and work on lunar and Martian exploration.鈥�
Construction is expected to start in 2025.
Also approved in the half-a-billion dollar package was construction of a new veterinary medicine facility (valued around $181 million), a hypersonic wind tunnel for defence and aerodynamics research (valued around $10 million), and various upgrades to facilities across the campus.
Render of Texas A&M University鈥檚 veterinary hospital building, which could start construction early next year. (Image courtesy Texas A&M)
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