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Samantha Mathewson

Is NASA ready for the Red Planet? US senator's 'Mission to MARS Act' aims to modernize Johnson Space Center

A room filled with computer monitors and large screens under the text "mission control center".

Texas is positioning itself at the forefront of human spaceflight research with a $1 billion proposal to upgrade NASA's Johnson Space Center, preparing the facility to support long-duration missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the "Mission to Modernize Astronautic Resources for Space (MARS) Act" on Tuesday (May 13), which aims to revitalize critical infrastructure at NASA's human spaceflight facility in Houston.

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