KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4  splashed down Friday off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., completing the agency’s fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. The international […]

DECATUR — The 256 area code will expand into space next year with the launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket. The next-generation rocket, powered by Huntsville-built Blue Origin motors and […]

HOUSTON — After a day’s delay due to unfavorable weather, NASA and SpaceX are planning to return the Crew-4 mission to Earth today from the International Space Station. The undocking […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — In the midnight hour next month, the skies around the Kennedy Space Center will light up. After inspections and repairs of the Space Launch System […]

WASHINGTON — It’s not quite the drama of the movie “Armageddon,” but a NASA spacecraft intentionally changed the orbit of a celestial object. Analysis of data obtained over the past […]

HUNTSVILLE  – A proposed space mission involving the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been selected by NASA for the second time as part of a group of four for […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are offering a chance to see the moon like you may not have ever seen it. […]

HUNTSVILLE – The awards just keep coming for the nuclear thermal propulsion research  at the University of Alabama in Huntsville by Saroj Kumar. Kumar is a doctoral candidate in the […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have been working this week to prepare the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for November’s Artemis I […]

HUNTSVILLE — Florida’s recovery response to Hurricane Ian has been bolstered by two University of Alabama in Huntsville Earth System Science Center research associates. Working from Cramer Hall at UAH, […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The crew assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is in orbit following today’s launch to the International Space Station. The international crew will serve as […]

HOUSTON, Texas — To prepare for the Artemis era of research on the moon, NASA is conducting field tests in Arizona over the next three weeks. Astronauts, engineers, and scientists […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will carry a pair of satellites into orbit this afternoon to help improve mobile phone services. Liftoff will be […]

WASHINGTON – NASA has awarded a nearly $150 million contract to supply liquid helium and gaseous helium to facilities across the agency, including Marshall Space Flight Center. The two-year IDIQ […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA said there was no damage to Artemis I and the Space Launch System from Hurricane Ian and is focusing on a November launch window. […]

LAUREL, Md. — The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have captured views of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test crashing into an asteroid Tuesday, NASA said Thursday. […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Marshall Space Flight Center is hosting the 34th Marshall Small Business Alliance Meeting and Industry & Advocates Award Ceremony today at the Davison Center for Space Exploration. […]

HUNTSVILLE — America Makes, in partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center in Huntsville, will host the Fall 2022 Technical Review & Exchange next month. The two-day (Oct. […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Artemis I launch isn’t the only NASA mission that has been delayed by the approach of Hurricane Ian. The space agency announced today the […]

LAUREL, Md. — NASA hit the bullseye Monday with its own “DART” game. After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA will roll back the Artemis I Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building tonight. First motion is targeted for […]

HUNTSVILLE —  Up in the sky. It’s a moon. It’s a star. No. It’s Jupiter. That’s right. The largest planet in our solar system will be the brightest object in […]

HUNTSVILLE — A solar wind theory by an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been confirmed by a spacecraft from the European Space Agency. The solar switchback […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – NASA is foregoing Tuesday’s launch opportunity and preparing for rollback, while continuing to watch the weather forecast associated with Tropical Storm Ian. During a meeting […]