HUNTSVILLE — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to travel to Redstone Arsenal for a sign unveiling ceremony this week at the site of the future U.S. Space Command headquarters. Gen. […]

STOCKTON, Calif. — A merger of two aerospace heavyweights combines more than a century’s worth of critical engineering and manufacturing expertise. Now known as Applied Aerospace & Defense, the merger […]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With a government payload aboard, Varda Space Industries launched a rideshare mission with SpaceX, according to a news release. Varda has an officee in Huntsville. The […]

HUNTSVILLE – CanSat teams at the University of Alabama in Huntsville placed first, second and sixth nationally in the 2025 International CanSat competition in Monterey and Staunton, Va. UAH teams […]

WASHINGTON — Relocation efforts and construction issues affecting U.S. Space Command’s move to Huntsville were the topics Thursday in a meeting at the Pentagon between Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth […]

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — “Yeah, baby!” Amid cheers rivaling a football game, a New Glenn booster landed Thursday afternoon after delivering a NASA mission into orbit. The […]

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – With a mission to help enhance global connectivity, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off Thursday night carrying a broadband spacecraft, […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has received a $20,000 donation from the National Space Club – Huntsville, marking the second year in a row the group has made this […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Gary Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and principal investigator for Future Technologies & enabling Plasma […]

HUNTSVILLE – Stories from Huntsville’s iconic bluesman and a glimpse of the planning and training behind NASA missions will be featured during two special October events presented by Osher Lifelong […]

HUNTSVILLE – In a move to bring all of its corporate functions under one roof, Aurex has opened its headquarters at Bridge Street Town Centre. In a news release, Aurex […]

HUNTSVILLE — Joseph Pelfrey, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, resigned Thursday. Pelfrey said in an email to employees at the space agency that as NASA focuses on its mission […]

WASHINGTON – Reinforcing the area’s influence in the U.S. space program, U.S. Rep. Dale W. Strong has re-introduced the Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act. The legislation would […]

AUBURN — Auburn University is reaching for the stars again with the announcement of the hiring of Derek Tournear, former director of the Space Development Agency, as its inaugural director […]

HUNTSVILLE –  In an important step as Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal begin the formal transition to host Space Command’s permanent headquarters, Mayor Tommy Battle welcomed Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of […]

HUNTSVILLE — Local leaders said the area is prepared, excited and ready to welcome U.S. Space Command to its new permanent headquarters at Redstone Arsenal. The move is expected to […]

HUNTSVILLE — The great ping-pong match of national space defense policy has finally ended and the Rocket City is the winner. At a news conference today, President Donald Trump announced […]

WASHINGTON — Huntsville wins!! According to several reports and sources, President Trump will announce this afternoon that U.S. Space Command will be headquartered in the Rocket City – bringing an […]

HUNTSVILLE – With an increased emphasis on space defense due to growing threats, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center broke ground today on a major expansion at […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Margrit von Braun will return to a place rich with personal and historic meaning when she takes the stage as guest speaker for the Space Explorers Celebration […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Kimberly Robinson, whose leadership helped bring the U.S. Space & Rocket Center from near-bankruptcy and closure, has retired, according to a news release from the center. She had […]

HUNTSVILLE — While a panel discussion on “Golden Dome for America” has been removed from the agenda, the annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium is hosting a discussion on another […]

HUNTSVILLE — After acquiring a handful of companies over the past several months, Huntsville-based Special Aerospace Services has now changed its name, but its mission to “build at the speed […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is set to send a payload into space this month, a follow-up to the launch and […]