NASA
May 5th, 2026
Last week, Congressman Randy Weber’s (TX-14) H.R. 8462, the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, advanced out of the full House Science, Space, and Technology Committee unanimously and is now eligible for...
April 3rd, 2026
Congressman Keith Self (TX-03) introduced legislation to direct the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish the initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost no later than December 31, 2030.
January 20th, 2026
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced legislation to drive space innovation in America through fostering collaboration between NASA and the commercial...
March 5th, 2025
The history of Texas’ legacy in the space race from the ’60s-’70s is a storied one, and it started with a lot of hard work by the Lone Star State to get America’s astronauts up to the stars.
February 1st, 2023
Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the 20-year anniversary of the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia explosion on February 1, 2003. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here...
September 27th, 2022
Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASA’s first test of whether it can change the trajectory of a space rock will try just giving one a little nudge.
February 9th, 2022
This is the beginning of the three-month process of aligning the telescope, but so far the initial results match expectations and simulations.
December 7th, 2021
NASA announced 10 astronaut candidates on Monday, selecting a group from more than 12,000 applications. The group, which includes four women, will train in hopes of being named to NASA’s first human missions to the moon in...
January 6th, 2021
I applaud the President for signing into law this bipartisan legislation that will safeguard the Apollo sites and artifacts. This bill will rightly protect our history of American exceptionalism and ingenuity in space. I...
November 6th, 2019
Today's hearing is about building the kind of workforce that ensures NASA and the diverse group of partners we return to space exploration has the skilled base of people it needs to be successful now and in the future. That...
April 29th, 2026
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) filed a joint resolution commemorating the success of the Artemis II mission. Supported by Mission Control at Johnson Space...
March 23rd, 2026
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today praised National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for announcing that they are accepting Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for entities to bid on contracts related to the movement...
April 21st, 2025
U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S.
April 5th, 2023
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today participated in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Artemis II Crew Unveiling at Ellington Field JRB.
November 22nd, 2022
It was with great pride that our Fort Worth community and all Americans watched the launch of the Artemis I mission, the first of three historic missions that will eventually return U.S. astronauts, including the first-ever...
March 18th, 2022
With Artemis, NASA will establish long-term exploration at the Moon in preparation for human missions to Mars.
December 28th, 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope, named after one of NASA's earliest administrators, is bigger than the famous Hubble Space Telescope and is expected to give astronomers a much deeper understanding of our universe.
April 30th, 2021
He called his time with NASA “a chapter in my life — the shiniest best chapter in my life — but not the only one.”
February 24th, 2020
Johnson was one of NASA’s human “computers” and wrote trajectory equations for missions in the space agency’s early days. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
October 22nd, 2019
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir successfully replaced a broken part of the International Space Station’s power grid.



























