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The countdown for NASA’s Artemis II wet dress rehearsal was paused late Monday night at Kennedy Space Center with just minutes remaining before the simulated launch countdown, before ultimately concluding […]

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt hosted the second annual AUKUS Defense Industry Forum at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center last week, convening defense and national security leaders from Australia, the […]

Terry Grisham

U.S. Space Command Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting has announced that Maj. Gen. Terry L. Grisham, an Alabama native with nearly four decades of military and civilian service, will serve as […]

The U.S. Army has awarded a $24.4 million contract modification to Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., increasing the total value of the Huntsville-based company’s contract to approximately $74 million. The […]

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman, visited Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville last week as teams there continue work on some of NASA’s most critical human spaceflight programs, including preparations for […]

A major $1 billion investment by the Department of War into L3Harris Technologies’ missile business is expected to strengthen the nation’s solid rocket motor supply chain and could have significant […]

NASA demolish

NASA is moving forward with the planned removal of two historic but aging test facilities at Marshall Space Flight Center, marking the first phase of a broader infrastructure modernization effort […]

Bruno resigns as United Launch Alliance CEO

DECATUR — Tory Bruno, the longtime chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is leaving the joint venture for another opportunity. In a statement today, executives from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Jared Isaacman, the new NASA administrator, plans to donate his salary to U.S. Space Camp. The billionaire entrepreneur was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on a 67-30 vote […]

US Space Force flag flying high across Alabama

MONTGOMERY – In the wake of the U.S. Space Command sign unveiling at Redstone Arsenal last week, the U.S. Space Force flag will be flown at all Alabama rest areas […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — X-Bow Systems has been awarded a production contract from V2X to develop and produce next-generation igniters for solid rocket motors, the company announced. The contract, with an […]

STOCKTON, Calif. — A merger of two aerospace heavyweights combines more than a century’s worth of critical engineering and manufacturing expertise. Now known as Applied Aerospace & Defense, the merger […]

HUNTSVILLE — Opening the doors to an award-winning developer of advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning defense technology solutions, Camgian officially launched its Huntsville office Monday. “This office represents our […]

Varda launches W-5 in rideshare mission with SpaceX

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With a government payload aboard, Varda Space Industries launched a rideshare mission with SpaceX, according to a news release. Varda has an officee in Huntsville. The […]

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — “Yeah, baby!” Amid cheers rivaling a football game, a New Glenn booster landed Thursday afternoon after delivering a NASA mission into orbit. The […]

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – With a mission to help enhance global connectivity, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off Thursday night carrying a broadband spacecraft, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Joseph Pelfrey, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, resigned Thursday. Pelfrey said in an email to employees at the space agency that as NASA focuses on its mission […]

WASHINGTON – Reinforcing the area’s influence in the U.S. space program, U.S. Rep. Dale W. Strong has re-introduced the Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act. The legislation would […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Margrit von Braun will return to a place rich with personal and historic meaning when she takes the stage as guest speaker for the Space Explorers Celebration […]

HUNTSVILLE — The “future of warfare” is being assembled on the factory floor of PDW’s newly opened Drone Factory 01 in Research Park. The 90,000-square-foot manufacturing complex will deliver tactical […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Kimberly Robinson, whose leadership helped bring the U.S. Space & Rocket Center from near-bankruptcy and closure, has retired, according to a news release from the center. She had […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is set to send a payload into space this month, a follow-up to the launch and […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. John Blevins, an alumnus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, or “Sammie,” considered the highest honor for […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Electric Propulsion Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville soared to first place at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Conference Region II Student […]

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