HUNTSVILLE — NASA has signed a $3.2 billion contract with Boeing of Huntsville to continue manufacturing core and upper stages for future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets for the Artemis […]

WASHINGTON — Cited as the “crowning achievement of Artemis I,” the Orion spacecraft splashed down Sunday morning in the Pacific Ocean, capping a more than 1.4 million mile journey around […]

HUNTSVILLE — Dynetics has submitted a bid on the Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Development contract for NASA’s Artemis mission, the company announced Wednesday. Northrop Grumman will join the Dynetics […]

MADISON — The Rocket City Trash Pandas and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are hosting an Artemis I Splashdown Party at Toyota Field this weekend. The Orion spacecraft is […]

HUNTSVILLE — Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist Dr. Harrison Schmitt will retrace his bootsteps on the moon 50 years ago in a special program Wednesday at the U.S. Space & […]

HUNTSVILLE — An early Christmas present may soon be in the offing for Huntsville in general and Redstone Arsenal in particular. According to military.com, Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander of […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket performed with precision, meeting or exceeding all expectations during its debut launch last month on Artemis I, NASA said. The world’s most […]

HUNTSVILLE – It was the first rocket capable of flying farther than his sleigh and Santa is making a stop to see his old rival Saturn V at the U.S. […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Frontiers Research Program at Drake State Community and Technical College demonstrated the capability to 3D-print habitats on the moon. “Our Advanced Manufacturing students began 3D-printing a two-sided, […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has awarded its Financial Support Services contract to MM Technologies of Huntsville to provide financial support and related services, the space agency announced. The contract, which has a […]

HOUSTON – The Orion spacecraft continued on the Artemis I mission Tuesday, entering its seventh day. The spacecraft fired all three thruster types with the first using the large orbital […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Aerojet Rocketdyne played a central role in enabling the next giant leap with last Wednesday’s launch of NASA’s super-heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. […]

HUNTSVILLE – As Artemis I vehicle lifted off this week, a crucial piece of hardware seven years in the making soared with it into the starlit sky. Teledyne Brown Engineering […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX for its Starship landing system to meet agency requirements for human exploration of the moon under Artemis. With this addition, […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Following the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the Orion spacecraft is on its way to the […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center will host a watch party for tonight’s planned launch of the Artemis I mission. Doors to the Davidson Center for Space Exploration […]

HUNTSVILLE — The idea that if you build it, people will come, is not exclusive to Iowa cornfields. It is also true of North Alabama cotton fields. As Cummings Research […]

HUNTSVILLE — While NASA prepares Artemis I for its initial launch, the space agency reached a milestone toward enhancing the Space Launch System  rocket for deep space missions. Managers convened […]

HOLLYWOOD – It began in August 2021 with Huntsville’s CFD Research opening a 13,125 square-foot test and evaluation facility on about 10 acres of land in Jackson County Industrial Park. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Regardless of whether you are a long-time Huntsville resident or a newcomer, it is impossible not to drive by the iconic Saturn V tower at the U.S. Space […]

FLORENCE — If you miss Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse, you’ll have to wait until March 2025 to catch the next one. However, the University of North Alabama Planetarium is here […]

HUNTSVILLE — Blue Origin has delivered two rocket engines to United Launch Alliance’s factory in Decatur that will be used in 2023 for the first launch of ULA’s next-generation Vulcan […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Teams are on track to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, NASA announced. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Several space industry leaders and academics were honored at the annual  Wernher von Braun Memorial Dinner, respectfully dubbed “The Space Prom.” This year’s sold-out event welcomed local businesses […]