As astronauts prepare to circle the moon this week, a Houston building intended to recreate the lunar surface hit a big construction milestone.
In late March, Houston-based Vaughn Construction said the Texas A&M University Space Institute near Johnson Space Center has topped out, marking the completion of the 400,000-square-foot building’s structural component.
And this week, NASA revealed more details about the 183.7 acres it is opening up to develop Exploration Park, which will include the Space Institute.
The next step for the Space Institute is working on the 234,000-square-foot testing beds simulating the surfaces of the moon and Mars, Vaughn said in a LinkedIn post.
“This 400,000-square-foot facility at (NASA Johnson Space Center’s) Exploration Park houses the world’s largest indoor Moonscape and Marscape for testing, training, and workforce development to support future space exploration missions,” Vaughn said in its post.
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