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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...

Marshall Space Flight Center prepares for strategic facilities updates

HUNTSVILLE -- The Marshall Space Flight Center is getting ready for the next big step in its evolution. Through a series of multi-year infrastructure...

Moving day as space station prepares for historic arrival of Starliner crew

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It was moving day today at the International Space Station. But it was unlike any moving day experienced here on Earth. With...

Prevent defense: RTX supports local education for future returns

HUNTSVILLE – Four years ago, aerospace and defense giant RTX donated $4 million to help build the Cummings Research Park campus of one of...

Space Development Agency, Auburn Research and Innovation Campus partner for logistical support

HUNTSVILLE -- Auburn University is making space for the Space Development Agency. Located just outside Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, the new Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus is set to...

Lockheed Martin wins $4B MDA contract to upgrade battle management technology

HUNTSVILLE – Lockheed Martin has been awarded a more than $4 billion contract to continue work on a security defense system in a climate rich...

Students launch rockets, education with annual NASA competition

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,...

Iconic rockets are returning to Space & Rocket Center’s Rocket Park

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...

‘It always goes back to people’: Auburn rocketry team visits Children’s of Alabama

AUBURN -- Alie Ana, Mila and Alexandra Reese were already part of the Auburn family. However, on March 11, they left their mark on a...

NASA taps Alabama A&M to host Break the Ice Lunar Challenge

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...