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To establish the Rice Space Institute as a world leader in space science research and space technology development by fostering interdisciplinary research and education in collaboration with academic, business, industry and government partners.

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President Kennedy and Dr. Kenneth Pitzer enter Rice Stadium

Lunar landscape at Rice continues to evolve

Rice University is intricately linked to America's historic journey to the moon, and... Read more

BBC’s Apollo 11 podcast, ’13 Minutes to the Moon,’ captivates at Rice’s Baker Institute

From left: Rice President David Leebron and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine '98. Photo by Jeff Fitlow.

NASA administrator and Rice alum Bridenstine celebrates Apollo 11 on campus

Whitson joins Texas Aviation Hall of Fame

The devil’s in moon dust details

Douglas Brinkle stands on the Rice Stadium field behind the podium where President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous Moon speech in 1962. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)

‘No university is more synonymous with NASA than Rice’

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