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SpaceX flight of world’s largest rocket achieved objectives

BOCA CHICA, Texas -- The most powerful launch vehicle ever built achieved key objectives Thursday, according to SpaceX. The launch of Starship was the second...

With lift from ULA, Boeing Starliner crew en route to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With the aid of the Tennessee Valley, two NASA astronauts are their way in a historic mission to the International...

Meyer named deputy director of Marshall Space Flight Center

HUNTSVILLE -- A longtime Marshall Space Flight Center employee has been promoted to the No. 2 position at the NASA field center in Huntsville. Rae...

Boeing Starliner, ULA launch set for Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Same song. Fifth verse. A historic crewed rocket launch has been scheduled for Wednesday - the fifth attempt for NASA’s Boeing...

Britt boosts Marshall programs in hearing with NASA administrator

WASHINGTON — In testimony that resembled a pep talk, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt offered high praise last week for the Marshall Space Flight Center...

UAH plasma initiative recognized among ‘Best Places to Work’

HUNTSVILLE – The $20 million, five-year Future Technologies and Enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP) initiative led by the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is cited in...

Blue Origin targets Sunday for New Shepard launch

KENT, Wash. -- To say "good things come to those who wait" is putting it mildly for former Air Force Capt. Ed Dwight. Dwight was...

Helium leak in service module prompts another delay for Starliner launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Will the fourth time be a charm? Boeing's first Starliner mission carrying astronauts into space has been delayed once again -...

NASA, Boeing, ULA aim for Friday for Starliner flight test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the midst of a warning of a "disaster," NASA, Boeing and the United Launch Alliance said the Boeing Crew...

Companies to build, design ‘SpaceShip’ to carry ULA’s Vulcan rockets

DECATUR – United Launch Alliance is gonna need a bigger boat. And to meet that need, the company has hired two companies to design, oversee...