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ULA’s Vulcan rocket certified to launch National Security Space Launch missions

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Ready to usher in a new era of space capability for the nation, the United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket has been...

NASA removes reference to first woman and person of color to land on moon from Artemis website

HUNTSVILLE -- The presidential order to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs now includes NASA and the Artemis mission to the moon. Other actions...

Space Camp graduate Jared Isaacman gets boost for NASA administrator from Ivey

HUNTSVILLE -- Calling Jared Isaacman a "strategic and assertive administrator," Gov. Kay Ivey threw her support behind Isaacman's nomination as NASA administrator. Isaacman, a graduate...

Officials dedicate Moon Tree at Monte Sano State Park

HUNTSVILLE – Officials from Alabama State Parks and the Von Braun Astronomical Society gathered today with city leaders and representatives from NASA to dedicate...

Peraton grand opening of Redstone Gateway facility ‘a signficant investment’ in its mission

HUNTSVILLE -- With a design to further support federal customers and their critical missions in national security, Peraton opened a state-of-the-art facility today. “We are...

NASA lander tests ‘vacuum cleaner’ on moon for sample collection

HUNTSVILLE -- Among all the challenges of voyaging to and landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples...

‘Cool factor’: Space & Rocket Center chief, UAH alum Robinson named to Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame

HUNTSVILLE -- When Dr. Kimberly Robinson, CEO and executive director of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, was growing up in Birmingham, a NASA...

UAH breakthrough enables measurement of dark matter density

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and her...

Tuberville: After Air Force chief confirmed, process to move Space Command to Huntsville begins

WASHINGTON -- With President Donald Trump back in the White House, it looks as if Space Command may finally move to Redstone Arsenal in...

SpaceX awarded Marshall-managed, $100M planetary defense contract

HUNTSVILLE -- As an asteroid approaches Earth, NASA has awarded a contract to SpaceX for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission, managed by the Marshall...