Rice University

What to Know:

• The Texas Space Commission conditionally approved a $14.2 million award for Rice University to stand up a Center for Space Technologies within the Rice Space Institute.
• The Rice award completes the commission’s first $150 million round of awards, bringing the total to 24 projects.
• The commission said the Rice center is expected to focus on research and development, technology transfer, statewide partnerships, workforce training and space-focused education, with work tied to lunar exploration priorities.

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