Space — Page 16

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The countdown to launch has resumed, and the Artemis I mission management team has given a “go” for Saturday’s launch attempt of the Space Launch […]

HUNTSVILLE — Until recently, Noblis has been one of Huntsville’s youngest government contractors. The company established themselves here less than two years ago when Huntsville began proving itself a nationwide […]

NASA targets Saturday for next Artemis I launch attempt

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA has scheduled Saturday for the launch of Artemis I, following Monday’s scrub. The space agency has set a two-hour launch window for 2:17 p.m. […]

HOUSTON — Join NASA’s Orion spacecraft on its first mission around the moon using the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website to track the spacecraft’s flight as it happens. During Artemis I, Orion […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Fuel leaks have forced NASA to scrub the launch of Artemis I this morning. NASA said the earliest availability for a launch was Friday afternoon. […]

NASA accepting proposals for 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge

HUNTSVILLE — NASA is accepting student team proposals to participate in the 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Interested teams should review the 2023 HERC handbook for proposal guidelines, new task challenges, and […]

SLS markings provide different view of Artemis I launch

HUNTSVILLE — When NASA’s Artemis I mission launches Aug. 29, thousands of cameras will capture the historic first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Some cameras, though, are […]

WASHINGTON – The Marshall Space Flight Center’s proposal for the Moon Burst Energetics All-sky Monitor, also known as MoonBEAM, was one of four proposals chosen for the agency’s Explorers Program. […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another small step is taken. Around 7:30 a.m. EDT today, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission arrived atop Launch Complex […]

HUNTSVILLE — The role of women in the male-dominated missile defense industry “has evolved significantly,” according to Tay Fitzgerald, president of Strategic Missile Defense at Raytheon Missiles & Defense. Fitzgerald […]

HUNTSVILLE — Dan Casey has joined the 1st Edge Pragmatic Artificial Intelligence and New Technology (PAINT) software development team. Casey is director for business development and systems engineer for the […]

HUNTSVILLE — Rain almost waterlogged NASA’s Super Guppy and prevented it from landing Wednesday at the Redstone Army Airfield. But the fat fish-shaped transport plane touched down a little after […]

HUNTSVILLE – Today is the last chance to jump inside the BlueHalo Virtual Stinger Trainer and virtually take in a realistic battlefield environment. The trainer is at the BlueHalo booth […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center quietly welcomed its new deputy director, Joseph Pelfrey, to his new position in April. But who is the man who assists in leading […]

HUNTSVILLE — Parsons executive James Lackey will join panelists from around the industry at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center to discuss “Today’s Capability and […]

HUNTSVILLE — If pursuing a master’s degree in physics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville isn’t hard enough, try doing it during a pandemic. Oh, wait. Let’s turn it […]

HUNTSVILLE – Moon Village Association Group, with Lockheed Martin’s support as a founding sponsor, tapped Drake State Community and Technical College to host the inaugural International Moon Day celebration. The […]

HUNTSVILLE — For the first time in almost a decade, a payload created by a student-led group at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has rocketed to space. The students […]

HUNTSVILLE — The SpaceX International Space Station cargo resupply mission transported 19 pieces of hardware designed and manufactured by Teledyne Brown Engineering. The equipment is for the ring-sheared drop experiment […]

WASHINGTON — As NASA prepares for the first integrated flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft to the moon this summer, the agency is moving […]

HUNTSVILLE – After its historic launch in December, the James Webb Space Telescope  completed one of the most complex deployments ever performed in space to position itself to take the […]

PROMONTORY, Utah — A recent booster motor test-firing was called a success by NASA officials. Teams from NASA’s Space Launch System program and Northrop Grumman fired a ground-based version of […]

HUNTSVILLE — Three CanSat teams from the University of Alabama in Huntsville Space Hardware Club placed first, second and third in the nation in an American Astronautical Society-sponsored international competition. […]

HUNTSVILLE — In 2008, Tia Ferguson ventured to a place so remote and forbidding, even veteran world travelers can be daunted by the prospect of such a journey. That was […]