


Johnson Space Center will also be working with Rice University as a part of The Ion partnership. “This partnership will allow us to increase startups through our aerospace accelerator targeting minority businesses and help achieve NASA’s goals to enhance scientific and technological knowledge to benefit all of humankind as we propel commercialization of space and work to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon under Artemis,” Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche said in a news release. The Ion, Houston’s innovation hub located at 4201 Main St., Houston, on July 14 announced a new relationship with NASA’s Johnson Space Center creating a technology transfer center with the goal that it fosters local entrepreneurs' and startups' opportunities to share ideas and intellectual property with NASA.

NASA continues to partner with institutions across the Houston area as it seeks to build a private sector skilled workforce locally to support the development of space technologies.
