HUNTSVILLE — It actually IS rocket science! Student Launch is a 9-month long challenge that tasks student teams from across the U.S. to design, build, test, and launch a high-powered […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is heading back to the future with its eye on space history.  After a six-year absence, the rockets are coming back to […]

AUBURN — Alie Ana, Mila and Alexandra Reese were already part of the Auburn family. However, on March 11, they left their mark on a group of Auburn Engineering students […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has selected Alabama A&M University’s Agribition Center to host the final level of the agency’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, using indoor and outdoor space to ground […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — There’s a new addition to the Cape Canaveral skyline and it’s an homage to U.S. space history with an eye on the future. Blue Origin rolled […]

HUNTSVILLE — It was a hometown hire Monday for NASA when Administrator Bill Nelson named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Pelfrey has served as acting […]

HUNTSVILLE – Northrop Grumman announced that it continues to accelerate the progress on deploying a critical homeland defense capability to the U.S. warfighter. According to a news release, Northrop Grumman’s […]

CHEROKEE — Rocket Shoals, an affiliate of AE Industrial Partners, has acquired a facility that previously housed National Steel Car, Navistar, and FreightCar America from the Retirement Systems of Alabama, […]

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected three Huntsville companies and the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide research, engineering, and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program. Axient, […]

NEW YORK — Blue Origin and equity firm Cerberus are competing to buy United Launch Alliance, according to the Wall Street Journal. Blue Origin has a rocket engine plant in […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has achieved a benchmark in developing an innovative propulsion system called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine. Engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville successfully tested […]

HUNTSVILLE – Already a hit drawing reviews that earned an extended run, Leidos’ tactical space support vehicle that will aid the nation’s military has completed its space journey. Leidos, a […]

HUNTSVILLE – Transcendentalist poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind, and when the same thought occurs to another […]

HUNTSVILLE – It’s been 30 years since the country was introduced to the Patriot defense system during the Gulf War. The Patriot, developed on Redstone Arsenal, routinely intercepted Iraq’s Scud […]

HUNTSVILLE — Waterfront Technical Services has been awarded the Marshall Space Flight Center Small Business Subcontractor of the Year. The award qualifies Waterfront for the agency-level NASA Small Business Industry […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – A pair of North Alabama companies were among 10 suppliers recognized by United Launch Alliance as 2023 Suppliers of the Year. The strategic supplier partnerships remain paramount as […]

HUNTSVILLE – Two researchers in the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have won a grant totaling $457,963 to study a process that could ultimately lead to […]

MADISON — Aerobotix, a Madison-based robotics integrator for the aerospace and defense industries, will demonstrate its new mobile robot at the WESTEC/AeroDef Manufacturing Conference next week. These will be the […]

LAS VEGAS — Apparently, Santa Claus may not be the only one flying around South Florida on Christmas Eve. United Launch Alliance announced Tuesday it has scheduled the launch of […]

HUNTSVILLE — A major milestone has been passed for the nation’s missile defense program. Lockheed Martin said its Next Generation Interceptor program recently executed the digital All Up Round Preliminary […]

HUNTSVILLE — Alabama A&M, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the University of North Alabama and Auburn are among 42 college teams to compete next year in the Human Exploration […]

HUNTSVILLE — Leidos made a stop at the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering last week to show students some hardware that may carry Americans across the surface of […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Space Hardware Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville turned in strong finishes in two international aerospace competitions, the International CanSat Competition and the University Rover […]

HUNTSVILLE — Heeding a call to action to fill expected needs in a space-related workforce, the Alabama Space Roundtable held its inaugural meeting today. The gathering, hosted by North AlabamaWorks […]