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Robinson announces retirement from US Space & Rocket Center; nationwide search for CEO launched

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...

No Golden Dome discussion, but Space Command update on the agenda for annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium

HUNTSVILLE -- While a panel discussion on “Golden Dome for America” has been removed from the agenda, the annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium...

Special Aerospace Services rebrands to Aurex, heralding in new ‘Golden Age’ of space technology and deterrence

HUNTSVILLE — After acquiring a handful of companies over the past several months, Huntsville-based Special Aerospace Services has now changed its name, but its...

UAH project on NASA rocket to study converting reentry heat into electrical energy

HUNTSVILLE – The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is set to send a payload into space this month,...

UAH alum-SLS chief engineer Dr. John Blevins receives ‘Sammie,’ premier award for career federal employees

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. John Blevins, an alumnus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, or...

Project completed, ELVIS is ready to leave the … space station

HUNTSVILLE – ELVIS hasn't left the building, aka International Space Station, but a Huntsville-based company helped the project take center stage for NASA. Teledyne Brown...

Astronaut/Aviation Challenge alum Jared Isaacman makes $15M gift to Space & Rocket Center

HUNTSVILLE – Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut and leader of the Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn missions to space, has made a second...

No gravity? No problem: Auburn professor tests 3D printer aboard ‘Vomit Comet’

AUBURN -- Calling it a "small step for our printer, one giant leap for space-based fabrication," an Auburn associate professor declared a test of...

University of Alabama to partner with Air Force Research Labs on satellite fuel

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...

Strong leads Alabama delegation in celebrating Marshall Space Flight Center’s 65th anniversary

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...