The Texas Space Commission is a state agency of the Government of Texas established in 2024 to bolster Texas's leadership in the space industry. It promotes innovation in space exploration and commercial aerospace by administering the Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF), providing grants to businesses, nonprofits, and government entities. The commission also supports the development of space infrastructure and workforce training, partnering with organizations like NASA and universities such as Texas A&M. The Texas Space Commission aims to integrate space, aeronautics, and aviation industries into the Texas economy.
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The State and Local Council launched with four founding members: the Texas Space Commission, the Arizona Space Commission, Space Florida, and Space Northwest.
Texas lawmakers approved an additional $300 million in grants overseen by the Texas Space Commission in 2025.
Firefly Aerospace’s new Cedar Park cleanroom is four times larger than its existing cleanroom and was funded by a Texas Space Commission grant.
A Texas Space Commission grant funded Firefly Aerospace’s new cleanroom in Cedar Park.
The cleanroom expansion was funded in part by an industrial infrastructure grant from the Texas Space Commission.
Interlune has secured funding and contracts from NASA, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Texas Space Commission, and several commercial customers.
The Texas Space Commission’s first $150 million grant round funded 24 projects.
The Texas Space Commission was created as part of Texas’s 2023 state space funding package.
The Texas Space Commission is developing white papers for five grant themes: low Earth orbit, lunar, launch and reentry, national security, and workforce development.
The Texas Space Commission board approved the last of the legislature’s initial $150 million allocation with the Rice Space Institute award.
Firefly Aerospace was ramping up production of lunar landers when it received the Texas Space Commission grant.
The first Texas Space Commission grant round received 280 proposals from 140 organizations with a combined value of $3.4 billion.
Venus Aerospace received $3.9 million from the Texas Space Commission to build a test stand.
The Texas Space Commission was charged with disbursing $150 million to companies and organizations in Texas.
Interlune received $4.84 million from the Texas Space Commission to create a Lunar Simulant Center of Excellence near the Johnson Space Center.
Intuitive Machines received $10 million from the Texas Space Commission to work on a reentry capsule designed to return experiments and products from orbit.
Firefly Aerospace received $8.2 million from the Texas Space Commission to help build a spacecraft development center in Cedar Park, Texas.
The Texas Space Commission awarded the Rice Space Institute at Rice University $14.15 million to create a Center for Space Technologies.
The Texas Space Commission (TSC) provides partial funding to the Interlune Research Lab.
The Texas Space Commission is expanding its role as a center for space investment and economic development.