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Agriculture

Crop scientists are first to grow chickpeas in simulated ‘moondust’

Texas A&M graduate student grows chickpeas in amended moondust
Agriculture

Understanding how plants can survive in space

Testing sensors for deployment in a spaceflight or lunar or martial habitats
Astronomy

Webb Telescope smokes out universe’s most distant organic molecules

Texas A&M astronomer and collaborators find complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years from Earth
Aerospace Engineering

Introducing … smell-evision? Adding scents to virtual reality could help astronauts cope with isolation during long missions

A description of the NASA-supported study appears in the journal Acta Astronautica
Agriculture

Farming the cosmos: NASA-funded study investigates effects of space radiation on plants during interplanetary travel

Texas A&M-led team will focus on oxidation status, telomere length dynamics and genome stability
Engineering

Replacing wheels with legs may help rovers to navigate ice, sand and other surfaces more easily on Mars and other planets

NASA invests $3 million in three-year A&M-USC project
Astronomy

Astronomers celebrate first images from James Webb Space Telescope

NASA issues collection of full-color images and spectroscopic data from $10 billion telescope
Geophysics

How do Io’s dunes move without wind? New model explains mystery

Study could provide insights about dunes on distant planets
Chemistry

Building on Mars: New method creates materials from available soils

Texas A&M chemist leads collaborative NASA-funded project for extraterrestrial construction