Aerospace — Page 7

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin – with its partners Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic Technology and Honeybee Robotics – has been selected to build the second human lunar landing system, NASA […]

Marshall duo speak at Deep Space Food Challenge

WASHINGTON — Deep Space Food Challenge – this competition won’t be on the Food Network, but is really out of this world. Angela Herblet, project manager for the challenge at […]

ERC Red Crew cited for Artemis I work

HUNTSVILLE – ERC’s Red Crew based in Huntsville, received the prestigious Stellar Award from the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation, for its mission-saving work on the Artemis I […]

UAH charges to win with 'HERCulean' effort

HUNTSVILLE — Wanna go for a ride under the stars… on the moon? It was a big win for the home team this weekend when the University of Alabama in […]

Blue Origin launches Earth Day events

HUNTSVILLE — In recognition of Earth Day on Sunday, Blue Origin is raising awareness about the importance of protecting the planet with several “For the Benefit of Earth Day” events […]

HUNTSVILLE – Mark Splawn has joined the U.S. Space & Rocket Center as vice president of Projects and Infrastructure. Splawn will oversee large-scale capital and construction projects at the Rocket […]

LOS ANGELES – The space program recently took another step on its return to the moon. This time, NASA turned to something old to help something new. Aerojet Rocketdyne completed […]

NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge goes live

HUNTSVILLE — For the first time since 2019, NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge returns to in-person competition this weekend. The time is from 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Sunday – […]

HUNTSVILLE — Hardware designed and manufactured by Teledyne Brown Engineering recently arrived at the International Space Station, the Huntsville-based company announced. A SpaceX cargo resupply mission carried a dozen pieces […]

Artemis II astronaut a Space Camp alum

HUNTSVILLE – A five-time Space Camp alumna was one of four astronauts named Monday as the first crew to return to the moon. Christina Hammock Koch, an electrical engineer, attended […]

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. – NASA has awarded a $57 million contract to Air Products to supply liquid hydrogen to Marshall Space Flight Center and other agency facilities including Stennis Space […]

NASA seeks students' answers to moon dust problem

HUNTSVILLE – The development of lunar landing systems has exposed a rather dusty problem. To help solve the problem, NASA is inviting college students to uncover ways to manage or […]

NASA continues tests for redesigned Artemis engines

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s testing for redesigned RS-25 engines to be used on future Space Launch System missions continued with a full-duration hot fire at NASA’s Stennis Space […]

Axient grows its corporate leadership suite

HUNTSVILLE – March has seen a leadership boom for Axient Corp., a defense, aerospace and cyberspace contractor based in Huntsville. The company’s CEO Randy Cash promoted several company executives to […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is holding a job fair Thursday with nearly 350 full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions available. The event runs from 11 a.m. to […]

PCI of Huntsville wins $271M NASA contract

HUNTSVILLE — PCI Productions has been awarded a contract to manage communication services for all NASA centers including headquarters, NASA announced. Huntsville-based PCI Productions is owned by the Poarch Band of […]

Cummings Aerospace, Australian company to partner

HUNTSVILLE — A trip “down under” proved beneficial for Huntsville-based Cummings Aerospace. Criterion Solutions, headquartered in Australia, and Cummings Aerospace announced the intent to partner on defense technology solutions that […]

HUNTSVILLE – Ron Lancaster held many titles: husband, father, friend, mentor, missionary, and engineer. “He was so many things to so many people,” his son, Jeff Lancaster, said. “If the […]

ULA sets Vulcan Centaur launch for May

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The inaugural launch of the United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket is set for May 4, ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno said Thursday. The launch […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne hiring for new Huntsville facility

HUNTSVILLE – Aerojet Rocketdyne has begun hiring for its third campus in the Huntsville area, the company announced today. The new 379,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Jetplex Industrial Park is […]

HUNTSVILLE — An advanced Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet engine powered the flight of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept in late January, the company announced. The project is in partnership with the […]

Precision pivot pays off for Greg Brown

HUNTSVILLE — Small businesses are infamously resilient against a turbulent economy, willingly flexible in meeting customer demands, and easily adaptable to unstable business environments. Greg Brown, co-CEO at Brown Precision, […]

HUNTSVILLE – IBM and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center are collaborating to use IBM’s artificial intelligence technology to discover new insights in NASA’s massive trove of Earth and geospatial science […]

Military satellite network honors warfighter

The Space Development Agency’s resilient layered network of military satellites and supporting elements is now the “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture” or PWSA, the SDA announced. The agency is developing a […]