Artemis II engineer shares stories from space at Rice’s Ion
“NASA Stories at the Ion” is a morning series that spotlights the human side of space exploration with each session featuring personal and powerful stories from astronauts and key NASA personnel.
Rice launches Space Humanities Initiative to bring cultural inquiry into conversation about space
The initiative brings scholars across disciplines together to examine how culture, language, ethics and imagination shape space exploration, and how space exploration shapes them in return.
Rice joins Axiom Space’s University Alliance
Rice University has joined Axiom Space’s University Alliance, comprising 26 institutes from four continents and 12 nations working as an international network dedicated to advancing microgravity research, technology development and commercial innovation in low-Earth orbit.
Inner Solar System Workshop creates space for cross-disciplinary collaboration
The Rice Space Institute’s Center for Planetary Origins to Habitability recently hosted the Inner Solar System Workshop.
Rice researchers find sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth’s
Rice researchers recreate Mercury rocks, showing that sulfur replaces oxygen in key rock structures.
Rice professor receives French Order of Merit
Rice’s David Alexander recently received the Ordre national du Mérite (National Order of Merit), an honor awarded by the French president for, among other things, innovation and contributions to the renown of France.
Rice selected to lead US Space Force Strategic Technology Institute 4
Rice University has signed an $8.1 million cooperative agreement to lead the United States Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 4 (SSTI), called the Center for Advanced Space Sensing Technologies (CASST) at Rice.
The NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026, sponsored by Texas Rep. Brian Babin (R-Woodville), moves tomorrow to consideration by the full U.S. House of Representatives following unanimous approval by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. As lawmakers consider the legislation, Rice experts are available to provide perspective on the bill’s implications for space science, engineering and aeronautics, artificial intelligence, public-private partnerships and the future aerospace workforce.
Can humans become Martians? Solomon investigates how life beyond Earth may shape our evolution
Scott Solomon, teaching professor of biosciences at Rice, headlined a lecture hosted by the Science and Technology Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy to discuss those implications.
Rice hosts inaugural Houston Space Galette in honor of Texas-France Space Hub’s first anniversary
The Texas-France Space hub's first annual Houston Space Galette, held Feb. 12, fostered dialogue within the Houston space community.
Rice partners with Astronaut Scholarship Foundation on STEM scholarships
Rice recently announced a partnership with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which offers students up to $15,000, mentorship, networking and a paid trip to the ASF Innovators Symposium and Gala.
Before rockets, there were stories: Rice explores human meaning of space
Two Rice scholars are asking what it would mean to treat that long human relationship with space as not just a footnote to engineering but as a central intellectual pursuit.
Rice hosts US-Japan Space Forum to advance commercial orbit cooperation
Rice welcomed government, industry and academic leaders for the 2025 U.S.-Japan Space Forum.
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore set to return to Earth
Rice experts are available to discuss NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth.
Texas-France space hub aims to innovate space commerce and research
The Texas-France Space Hub aims to unite academic institutions and private enterprises, expanding commercial space presence in both countries.
