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ULA Delta IV Heavy launch finale delayed

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a delay Thursday due to high winds, the final launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket...

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...

Space Grant Consortium distributes eclipse-viewing glasses to rural, disadvantaged schools

HUNTSVILLE – The Alabama Space Grant Consortium at the University of Alabama Huntsville purchased and distributed 50,000 safe-viewing eclipse glasses for schools in the...

U.S. Space & Rocket Center responds to concerns raised on social media about employee

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center has responded to reports on social media concerning a Space Camp transgender counselor. The reports have even...

NASA’s newest astronauts include 2 Space Camp grads

HOUSTON -- As NASA opens applications for future astronauts, the space agency recently graduated its latest class of space travelers. Among the new astronauts are...

Outpost Technologies wins space station contract

HUNTSVILLE -- Outpost Technologies has been awarded a contract from the Johnson Space Center to provide equipment for the International Space Station. The nearly $1...

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...

Blue Origin debuts New Glenn on launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- There's a new addition to the Cape Canaveral skyline and it's an homage to U.S. space history with an eye...

New director Pelfrey introduced at Marshall Space Flight Center

HUNTSVILLE – Joseph Pelfrey has spent nearly a quarter of a century as an employee at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, rising through the...

Pelfrey named Marshall Space Flight Center director

HUNTSVILLE -- It was a hometown hire Monday for NASA when Administrator Bill Nelson named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight...