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 […]

HUNTSVILLE – You can say, Drake State Community and Technical College has a “hunch” about its partnership with NASA. In fact, the school is strengthening its 15-year partnership with the […]

AUBURN — Calling it a “small step for our printer, one giant leap for space-based fabrication,” an Auburn associate professor declared a test of a 3D printer on parabolic flights […]

TUSCALOOSA – The Alabama Materials Institute at the University of Alabama will aid the Air Force Research Laboratory in developing technology related to a new satellite propellant. The AFRL-developed Advanced Spacecraft Energetic […]

HUNTSVILLE — A student team from the University of Alabama in Huntsville placed third in the 2025 NASA Student Launch Challenge – University Student Launch Initiative (USLI). The 25th annual […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, with the support of Alabama’s entire congressional delegation, led a resolution today commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Marshall Space Flight Center and reaffirming […]

HUNTSVILLE — There will be an out-of-this-world celebration next month as the Marshall Space Flight Center marks 65 years. And everyone is invited. Marshall, along with its partners and collaborators, […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Delivering more than a smile, a Decatur-built Atlas V launched this morning with a second batch of operational broadband satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation. The United […]

TANNER — A state-of-the art hangar facility, capable of servicing huge C-130 aircraft, will soon be rising from the red clay in Limestone County. Aleut Real Estate and Huntsville-based Strata-G […]

HUNTSVILLE – To support its continued growth and innovation, Special Aerospace Services  announced the appointment of three vice presidents of business development – capture executives. SAS is a space, hypersonics […]

HUNTSVILLE – With a couple of Space Camp alumnae on board, the launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard-32 mission will have an audience in the Rocket City. The U. S. […]

HUNTSVILLE — Putting a pen to paper, Gov. Kay “High Stepper” Ivey signed legislation Monday addressing the statute governing the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. “My signature on House Bill […]

DECATUR — In appreciation of its work in protecting the community, the Trinity Volunteer Fire Department received a “boost” from United Launch Alliance. The aerospace company donated a retired 2008 […]

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — The Marshall Space Flight Center is the site of a first-of-its-kind, affordable, large-scale liquid hydrogen storage tank concept. CB&I and a Shell Oil consortium announced the […]

HUNTSVILLE — Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis, a Huntsville based HUBZone, Veteran and Woman Owned Small Business, has been awarded a nearly $40 million prime contract to provide engineering support […]

HUNTSVILLE — Recognizing the thousands of people behind the scenes of the space program in Huntsville, the Space Exploration Wall of Honor was unveiled Thursday at the U.S. Space & […]

HUNTSVILLE – From B-17 bombing runs over Europe in World War II to scientific discoveries aboard NASA space shuttle missions, former astronaut Dr. Jan Davis chronicles two transformative eras in […]