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NASA ‘Psyched’ about mission to metal-rich asteroid

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could...

Life in space? Bennu asteroid sample contains carbon, water

HOUSTON -- The sample of a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid has evidence of carbon and water, NASA announced today. Initial studies of the sample from the...

‘Ring of fire’: UNA Planetarium to host eclipse viewing

FLORENCE – A "ring of fire" will appear in the sky Saturday morning as an annular eclipse of the sun will be visible in...

UAH Space Hardware Club soars in international space competitions

HUNTSVILLE – The Space Hardware Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville turned in strong finishes in two international aerospace competitions, the International...

Armed Services Committee to hold hearing on Space Command decision

WASHINGTON— The House Armed Services Committee will hear testimony Thursday from government witnesses regarding irregularity in the strategic basing process for the U.S. Space...

Not lost in space: Alabama Space Roundtable members in search of workforce

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...

Asteroid sample has landed; to be examined in Houston

HOUSTON -- After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of...

UAH researcher wins NASA award to study solar weather

HUNTSVILLE – A doctoral student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space...

Asteroid to reach Earth today … well, a sample of one that is

HUNTSVILLE -- An asteroid sample is scheduled to land today in a Utah desert and should bring NASA one step closer to studying the...

North AlabamaWorks launches space roundtable

HUNTSVILLE -- It will be a gathering of all things - and all people - space Monday when North AlabamaWorks hosts its inaugural Alabama...