Abbott Announces Creation Of Texas Space Commission

(L-R) Seated at table, Texas State Representative, Greg Bonnen; Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Dade Phelan; Texas Governor Abbott and NASA Johnson Space Center Director, Vanessa Wyche, attend a press conference regarding the future of the space industry in Texas, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 26, 2024.

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A new state agency will work to make sure Texas leads the field in space exploration. Gov. Greg Abbott announced the members of the Texas Space Commission during a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Tuesday. Last year, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 3447, which created the Texas Space Commission. Its nine-member board includes former astronauts and several Houstonians.