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 […]

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 […]

LOUISVILLE – Sierra Space just released video of the successful third stress test – this time for duration – performed at the Marshall Space Flight Center in December on its […]

HUNTSVILLE — The James Webb Space Telescope team, which has strong Huntsville connections, has been selected to receive the 2023 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration, a […]

HUNTSVILLE — As NASA takes its first steps toward establishing a long-term presence on the moon, propulsion development engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center have developed and tested NASA’s […]

HUNTSVILLE — Robert La Branche has been named vice president of external affairs at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. His responsibilities include engaging with local, state, and federal leaders […]

HUNTSVILLE – Boeing celebrated the expansion of its Huntsville Electronic Center of Excellence Monday, with a long list of distinguished guests in attendance. The aerospace giant also presented a $150,000 […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Marshall Space Flight Center is holding a candle-lighting ceremony Thursday as part of NASA’s annual agency-wide Day of Remembrance. This year, the NASA Day of Remembrance precedes the […]

HUNTSVILLE — Aerobotix, a Huntsville-based robotics integrator, has received a special Lockheed Martin Supplier Recognition Award at the Lockheed Martin Supplier Conference. The company, a “a vital partner” of Lockheed […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center said it will continue to partner with NASA and work with federal, state, and local leaders to replace the iconic Saturn IB […]

DECATUR – Though made for space travel, the United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket is nearing the of its water journey. The giant rocket, recently loaded onto the R/S RocketShip […]

HUNTSVILLE — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is partnered with the NASA Planetary Missions Program Office to sponsor a free talk tonight on the OSIRIS-REx mission. The discussion begins […]

A physics graduate student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is the lead author of a paper in The Astrophysical Journal describing the discovery of an intermediate-size black hole buried in gas […]

HUNTSVILLE — Another step for the nation’s return to the moon has been taken by the Marshall Space Flight Center. A transportation stand arrived this week from the Kennedy Space […]

HUNTSVILLE — There’s a new space sheriff in town at Redstone Arsenal, but it’s not the long-hoped-for U.S. Space Command … this time. The Space Development Agency recently moved into […]

DECATUR — A Decatur-built rocket was loaded onto a specially designed cargo ship Tuesday to be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Fla. The United Launch Alliance Vulcan will eventually replace the […]

HUNTSVILLE – Did you know the launch of Artemis I in November almost did not happen? Three Red Crew team members from Huntsville-based ERC saved the day and have been […]

WASHINGTON — NASA is building a space telescope to search for the hardest-to-find asteroids and comets that stray into Earth’s orbital neighborhood. The space agency’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEO Surveyor) […]

WASHINGTON – An era came to an end Thursday in the halls of Congress. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) cast his final vote – in support of the comprehensive appropriations […]

WASHINGTON — All good things come to an end, even on Mars. To that end, NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on […]

HUNTSVILLE — Leidos has been awarded a $334 million contract to assist the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory develop an air-breathing hypersonic system. The program, known as “Mayhem,” consists of expendable hypersonic […]

MELBOURNE, Fla. — L3Harris Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in a $4.7 billion all-cash transaction, the companies announced. L3Harris, the nation’s sixth-largest contractor, said it is […]

HUNTSVILLE – Manufacturers using plasma processes in semiconductor production and materials processing will have a new tool developed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville and CFD Research Corp. “The […]

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — The first test of a redesigned engine for the Space Launch System was considered nominal by the Marshall Space Flight Center program’s manager. NASA conducted the test […]