Texas A&M Readies $200MM, 400,000 SQFT Space Institute as First Building in NASA’s Exploration Park

Texas A&M University's $200 million Space Institute is closing in on a fall 2026 debut as the first finished building in NASA's Exploration Park, a 400,000-square-foot, state-funded research hub with roughly 2.5 acres each of simulated lunar and Martian terrain that private aerospace firms are already lining up to lease.