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Siddhi Raut at Johnson Space Center during a NASA SEES internship in summer 2023.

Launching dreams: Space exploration within reach for San Antonio youth

by Siddhi Raut January 4, 2024December 21, 2023

Commentary: Learning experiences that connect young people to futures in aerospace and space science are thriving in our community.

Sam Ximenes stands near what he calls his “Frankenbot” - a robot that is capable of excavating the lunar surface and create bricks from the moon dust - at the Boeing Tech Port, Area 21 SAMSAT Museum on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Ximenes is a pioneering Mexican-American space architect and educator. In 2007, he founded Exploration Architecture Corporation (XArc) to serve the commercial space market. Ximenes is helping to devise equipment that will build material from moon dust and create habitats on the lunar surface. Ximenes is also using his extensive experience in the aerospace industry and started the WEX Foundation which bolsters science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs to middle and high school students. His vision is to have robotics that he created be in use on the moon’s surface to build human habitats on future missions.

Sam Ximenes is a pioneer of the new, foreign world of architecture in space

by Raquel Torres December 25, 2023December 26, 2023