Summit Program

Three Days. One Mission. Chart your path from Earth to the Final Frontier. The Texas Space Summit runs like a mission: align, execute, and decide, with keynotes and mainstage moments paired with Immersive Sector Worlds, where interactive breakout storylines serve as mission sets for fast-hit briefings, firesides, and tabletop demos in simulated space environments, while Startup and Policy Competitions run in parallel.

Pick your path through the program, but expect one throughline: Tap into Texas' Relative Advantage and plug into National and Global Space Efforts.

8:00 AM | Registration & Exhibit Hall Opens

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM | Opening Remarks

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:10 AM – 9:20 AM | Texas Welcome

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:20 AM – 9:50 AM | How NASA JSC Aligns with the Texas Space Economy

Stars at Night Ballroom

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Aligning NASA JSC and the Texas Space Commission

Stars at Night Ballroom

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Future of Mission Control Autonomous Earth Reentry

Houston Command

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Leveraging Texas’ Economic Power in the Age of the Artemis Accords

Navarro Governance

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Competition - showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Building the Fuel Layer of Space for On-Orbit Servicing

Lamar Expansion

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Commercial Space Stations as Ports of Call

Crockett Scout

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Enabling Space Biotech R&D

Travis Resilience

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Edge of Survival Operations

Bowie Frontier

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | From Dirt to Doorstep: Lunar Regolith Pads

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Involve Space Demo

Houston Command

2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Industrialize Space While Prioritizing Mission Performance

Houston Command

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Texas Delegation to the People

Navarro Governance

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Competition - showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Putting Space to Work through Industrial Platforms

Lamar Expansion

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Integrating AI in Lunar Mission Operations

Crockett Scout

2:00 PM – 2:40 PM | The Rise of Commercial Aerospace in Texas

Travis Resilience

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | ECLSS, Human Performance, and Spacesuit Development

Travis Resilience

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Defending the U.S. Advantage: Cybersecurity for Expanding Space Infrastructure

Bowie Frontier

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Mining the Moon and Mars

Austin Settlement

3:15 PM | Federal Momentum & The Future of Public-Private Integration

Stars at the Night Ballroom

3:45 PM | Where Capital Markets meet National Security for Texas Space

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:30 PM | UT San Antonio Military Health Institute Distinguished Lecture Series Address

Liftoff Lounge

5:00 PM | Opening Reception

Exhibit Hall Floor

8:00 AM | Exhibit Hall Opens

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Capital Markets & State Strategy

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Defending the Network: How Ops Center Fights in the Grey Zone

Houston Command

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | On-World and Off-World Regulatory Environment, IP, and Property Rights

Navarro Governance

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Topic: TBD

Zavala Systems

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Biomanufacturing: Building the LEO Economy to Enable the Next Frontier

Lamar Expansion

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Space Docs for Cislunar Missions

Crockett Scout

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Manufacturing and Space Commercialization

Travis Resilience

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Secure Technologies from Foreign Malign Influence and Threats

Bowie Frontier

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Earth Independent Medical Operations Technology Demonstration

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:20 PM – 2:55 PM | High Cadence Launch Ops from Texas Coast

Houston Command

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | When Mission Meets Scale: Public-Private Partnerships in Space That Deliver Real Outcomes

Navarro Governance

2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Economic Development in the Space Age

Navarro Governance

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Competition / Showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Building the Company That Builds Companies

Lamar Expansion

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM | Project Chimera: The Future Commercial Space Operations Simulation

Lamar Expansion

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Fuel, Data, and Dollars

Crockett Scout

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Advanced Manufacturing for Resilient Aerospace Supply Chains

Travis Resilience

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Activating the Space Domain under the Lone Star

Bowie Frontier

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Earth–Moon–Mars Route Design

Austin Settlement

4:00 PM | Commercial Acceleration and Texas’ Industrial Opportunity

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM | Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Fireside Chat: Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

5:00 PM | Evening Reception

Immersive Sector Worlds and Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM | How Do We Defend the Business of Space?

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Defending the Business of Space and How Texas Taps in

Stars at Night Ballroom

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM | Crew 12 ISS Downlink

Houston Command

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | Advanced Medical Technologies for Space and Earth

Houston Command

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Texas as Co-Architect of National Strategy

Navarro Governance

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Competition / Showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | The Texas Advantage in Winning Federal Space Contracts

Lamar Expansion

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Setting the Standards: From Discovery to Commercial Product

Crockett Scout

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | Biology in Space

Crockett Scout

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Space, Grid, and Data Under Stress

Travis Resilience

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Special Announcement

Bowie Frontier

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Lunar–Martian Habitat Design

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Federal Momentum & Public-Private Integration

Stars at Night Ballroom

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM | Federal Momentum & Public-Private Integration

Stars at Night Ballroom

12:45PM | Closing recognition and announcements:

Stars at Night Ballroom

1:00 PM | Summit Ends

Stars at Night Ballroom

*Programming Subject to Change

8:00 AM | Registration & Exhibit Hall Opens

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM | Opening Remarks

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:10 AM – 9:20 AM | Texas Welcome

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:20 AM – 9:50 AM | How NASA JSC Aligns with the Texas Space Economy

Stars at Night Ballroom

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Aligning NASA JSC and the Texas Space Commission

Stars at Night Ballroom

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Future of Mission Control Autonomous Earth Reentry

Houston Command

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Leveraging Texas’ Economic Power in the Age of the Artemis Accords

Navarro Governance

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Competition - showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Building the Fuel Layer of Space for On-Orbit Servicing

Lamar Expansion

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Commercial Space Stations as Ports of Call

Crockett Scout

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Enabling Space Biotech R&D

Travis Resilience

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Edge of Survival Operations

Bowie Frontier

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | From Dirt to Doorstep: Lunar Regolith Pads

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Involve Space Demo

Houston Command

2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Industrialize Space While Prioritizing Mission Performance

Houston Command

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Texas Delegation to the People

Navarro Governance

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Competition - showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Putting Space to Work through Industrial Platforms

Lamar Expansion

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Integrating AI in Lunar Mission Operations

Crockett Scout

2:00 PM – 2:40 PM | The Rise of Commercial Aerospace in Texas

Travis Resilience

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | ECLSS, Human Performance, and Spacesuit Development

Travis Resilience

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Defending the U.S. Advantage: Cybersecurity for Expanding Space Infrastructure

Bowie Frontier

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Mining the Moon and Mars

Austin Settlement

3:15 PM | Federal Momentum & The Future of Public-Private Integration

Stars at the Night Ballroom

3:45 PM | Where Capital Markets meet National Security for Texas Space

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:30 PM | UT San Antonio Military Health Institute Distinguished Lecture Series Address

Liftoff Lounge

5:00 PM | Opening Reception

Exhibit Hall Floor

8:00 AM | Exhibit Hall Opens

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Capital Markets & State Strategy

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Defending the Network: How Ops Center Fights in the Grey Zone

Houston Command

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | On-World and Off-World Regulatory Environment, IP, and Property Rights

Navarro Governance

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Topic: TBD

Zavala Systems

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Biomanufacturing: Building the LEO Economy to Enable the Next Frontier

Lamar Expansion

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Space Docs for Cislunar Missions

Crockett Scout

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Manufacturing and Space Commercialization

Travis Resilience

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Secure Technologies from Foreign Malign Influence and Threats

Bowie Frontier

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Earth Independent Medical Operations Technology Demonstration

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:20 PM – 2:55 PM | High Cadence Launch Ops from Texas Coast

Houston Command

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | When Mission Meets Scale: Public-Private Partnerships in Space That Deliver Real Outcomes

Navarro Governance

2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Economic Development in the Space Age

Navarro Governance

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Competition / Showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Building the Company That Builds Companies

Lamar Expansion

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM | Project Chimera: The Future Commercial Space Operations Simulation

Lamar Expansion

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Fuel, Data, and Dollars

Crockett Scout

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Advanced Manufacturing for Resilient Aerospace Supply Chains

Travis Resilience

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Activating the Space Domain under the Lone Star

Bowie Frontier

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Earth–Moon–Mars Route Design

Austin Settlement

4:00 PM | Commercial Acceleration and Texas’ Industrial Opportunity

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM | Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Fireside Chat: Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

5:00 PM | Evening Reception

Immersive Sector Worlds and Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM | How Do We Defend the Business of Space?

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Defending the Business of Space and How Texas Taps in

Stars at Night Ballroom

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM | Crew 12 ISS Downlink

Houston Command

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | Advanced Medical Technologies for Space and Earth

Houston Command

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Texas as Co-Architect of National Strategy

Navarro Governance

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Competition / Showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | The Texas Advantage in Winning Federal Space Contracts

Lamar Expansion

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Setting the Standards: From Discovery to Commercial Product

Crockett Scout

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | Biology in Space

Crockett Scout

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Space, Grid, and Data Under Stress

Travis Resilience

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Special Announcement

Bowie Frontier

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Lunar–Martian Habitat Design

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Federal Momentum & Public-Private Integration

Stars at Night Ballroom

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM | Federal Momentum & Public-Private Integration

Stars at Night Ballroom

12:45PM | Closing recognition and announcements:

Stars at Night Ballroom

1:00 PM | Summit Ends

Stars at Night Ballroom

*Programming Subject to Change

8:00 AM | Registration & Exhibit Hall Opens

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM | Opening Remarks

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:10 AM – 9:20 AM | Texas Welcome

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:20 AM – 9:50 AM | How NASA JSC Aligns with the Texas Space Economy

Stars at Night Ballroom

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Aligning NASA JSC and the Texas Space Commission

Stars at Night Ballroom

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Future of Mission Control Autonomous Earth Reentry

Houston Command

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Leveraging Texas’ Economic Power in the Age of the Artemis Accords

Navarro Governance

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Competition - showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Building the Fuel Layer of Space for On-Orbit Servicing

Lamar Expansion

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Commercial Space Stations as Ports of Call

Crockett Scout

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Enabling Space Biotech R&D

Travis Resilience

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Edge of Survival Operations

Bowie Frontier

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | From Dirt to Doorstep: Lunar Regolith Pads

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Involve Space Demo

Houston Command

2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Industrialize Space While Prioritizing Mission Performance

Houston Command

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Texas Delegation to the People

Navarro Governance

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Competition - showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Putting Space to Work through Industrial Platforms

Lamar Expansion

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Integrating AI in Lunar Mission Operations

Crockett Scout

2:00 PM – 2:40 PM | The Rise of Commercial Aerospace in Texas

Travis Resilience

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | ECLSS, Human Performance, and Spacesuit Development

Travis Resilience

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Defending the U.S. Advantage: Cybersecurity for Expanding Space Infrastructure

Bowie Frontier

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Mining the Moon and Mars

Austin Settlement

3:15 PM | Federal Momentum & The Future of Public-Private Integration

Stars at the Night Ballroom

3:45 PM | Where Capital Markets meet National Security for Texas Space

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:30 PM | UT San Antonio Military Health Institute Distinguished Lecture Series Address

Liftoff Lounge

5:00 PM | Opening Reception

Exhibit Hall Floor

8:00 AM | Exhibit Hall Opens

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Capital Markets & State Strategy

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Defending the Network: How Ops Center Fights in the Grey Zone

Houston Command

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | On-World and Off-World Regulatory Environment, IP, and Property Rights

Navarro Governance

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Topic: TBD

Zavala Systems

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Biomanufacturing: Building the LEO Economy to Enable the Next Frontier

Lamar Expansion

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Space Docs for Cislunar Missions

Crockett Scout

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Manufacturing and Space Commercialization

Travis Resilience

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Secure Technologies from Foreign Malign Influence and Threats

Bowie Frontier

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Earth Independent Medical Operations Technology Demonstration

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:20 PM – 2:55 PM | High Cadence Launch Ops from Texas Coast

Houston Command

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | When Mission Meets Scale: Public-Private Partnerships in Space That Deliver Real Outcomes

Navarro Governance

2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Economic Development in the Space Age

Navarro Governance

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Competition / Showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Building the Company That Builds Companies

Lamar Expansion

2:20 PM – 2:35 PM | Project Chimera: The Future Commercial Space Operations Simulation

Lamar Expansion

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Fuel, Data, and Dollars

Crockett Scout

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Advanced Manufacturing for Resilient Aerospace Supply Chains

Travis Resilience

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Activating the Space Domain under the Lone Star

Bowie Frontier

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Earth–Moon–Mars Route Design

Austin Settlement

4:00 PM | Commercial Acceleration and Texas’ Industrial Opportunity

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM | Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Fireside Chat: Aligning Private Industry with Texas

Stars at Night Ballroom

5:00 PM | Evening Reception

Immersive Sector Worlds and Stars at Night Ballroom

9:00 AM | How Do We Defend the Business of Space?

Stars at Night Ballroom

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Defending the Business of Space and How Texas Taps in

Stars at Night Ballroom

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM | Crew 12 ISS Downlink

Houston Command

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | Advanced Medical Technologies for Space and Earth

Houston Command

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Texas as Co-Architect of National Strategy

Navarro Governance

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Competition / Showcase TBD

Zavala Systems

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | The Texas Advantage in Winning Federal Space Contracts

Lamar Expansion

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Setting the Standards: From Discovery to Commercial Product

Crockett Scout

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM | Biology in Space

Crockett Scout

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Space, Grid, and Data Under Stress

Travis Resilience

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Special Announcement

Bowie Frontier

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Lunar–Martian Habitat Design

Austin Settlement

12:00 PM | Federal Momentum & Public-Private Integration

Stars at Night Ballroom

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM | Federal Momentum & Public-Private Integration

Stars at Night Ballroom

12:45PM | Closing recognition and announcements:

Stars at Night Ballroom

1:00 PM | Summit Ends

Stars at Night Ballroom

*Programming Subject to Change

Summit Program

September 21, 2026

8:00 AM | Registration & Exhibit Hall Opens

September 21, 2026

9:00 AM | Opening Remarks

September 21, 2026

9:10 AM – 9:20 AM | Texas Welcome

September 21, 2026

9:20 AM – 9:50 AM | How NASA JSC Aligns with the Texas Space Economy

September 21, 2026

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Aligning NASA JSC and the Texas Space Commission

September 21, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Future of Mission Control Autonomous Earth Reentry

September 21, 2026

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Leveraging Texas’ Economic Power in the Age of the Artemis Accords

September 21, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Competition - showcase TBD

September 21, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Building the Fuel Layer of Space for On-Orbit Servicing

September 21, 2026

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Commercial Space Stations as Ports of Call

September 21, 2026

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Enabling Space Biotech R&D

September 21, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Edge of Survival Operations

September 21, 2026

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | From Dirt to Doorstep: Lunar Regolith Pads

September 21, 2026

12:00 PM | Lunch

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Involve Space Demo

September 21, 2026

2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Industrialize Space While Prioritizing Mission Performance

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Texas Delegation to the People

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Competition - showcase TBD

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Putting Space to Work through Industrial Platforms

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Integrating AI in Lunar Mission Operations

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:40 PM | The Rise of Commercial Aerospace in Texas

September 21, 2026

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | ECLSS, Human Performance, and Spacesuit Development

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Defending the U.S. Advantage: Cybersecurity for Expanding Space Infrastructure

September 21, 2026

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Mining the Moon and Mars

September 21, 2026

3:15 PM | Federal Momentum & The Future of Public-Private Integration

September 21, 2026

3:45 PM | Where Capital Markets meet National Security for Texas Space

September 21, 2026

4:30 PM | UT San Antonio Military Health Institute Distinguished Lecture Series Address

September 21, 2026

5:00 PM | Opening Reception

September 22, 2026

8:00 AM | Exhibit Hall Opens

September 22, 2026

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Capital Markets & State Strategy

September 22, 2026

9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Aligning Private Industry with Texas

September 22, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Defending the Network: How Ops Center Fights in the Grey Zone

September 22, 2026

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | On-World and Off-World Regulatory Environment, IP, and Property Rights

September 22, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Topic: TBD

September 22, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Biomanufacturing: Building the LEO Economy to Enable the Next Frontier

September 22, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Space Docs for Cislunar Missions

September 22, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | In-Space Manufacturing and Space Commercialization

September 22, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Secure Technologies from Foreign Malign Influence and Threats

September 22, 2026

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Earth Independent Medical Operations Technology Demonstration

September 22, 2026