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ULA doubles down in Decatur with $300M investment: ‘In Alabama to stay’

Dylan Smith - October 28, 2022

DECATUR — United Launch Alliance (ULA), which already has the world’s largest rocket plant here in Morgan County, is expanding its operations even more. ULA...

Neutron star behavior ‘a head scratcher’ for Marshall researchers

Marshall Space Flight Center - October 28, 2022

HUNTSVILLE -- In February, NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observed its first accreting neutron star: Hercules X-1, more than 21,000 light years from...

Former Marshall HQ coming down but legacy stands tall

Marshall Space Flight Center - October 28, 2022

HUNTSVILLE -- For more than six decades, NASA and the nation have relied on the Marshall Space Flight Center to deliver its most vital propulsion...

Rep. Aderholt: Alabama a pillar of U.S. space prowess

Rep. Robert Aderholt - October 25, 2022

Earlier this year, during the International Space Station Research & Development Conference, I had the great opportunity to unveil my space vision for the...

Huntsville fifth-graders have an out-of-this-world field trip

Staff reports - October 24, 2022

HUNTSVILLE -- The National Space Club Huntsville and Jacobs are hosting close to 300 fifth-grade students for National Space Club Day at the U.S....

UAH physicist: Monster black hole ‘practically in our back yard’

Jim Steele - October 23, 2022

HUNTSVILLE – The discovery of a so-called monster black hole that has about 12 times the mass of the sun is detailed in a...

Splashdown! Crew-4 returns after 6-month mission

Bud McLaughlin - October 17, 2022

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...

ULA next-generation rocket to ‘transform’ future of space launch

Dylan Smith - October 14, 2022

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...

SpaceX Crew-4 set to return this morning from space station

Bud McLaughlin - October 14, 2022

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...

After midnight, NASA and Artemis I gonna let it all hang down

Bud McLaughlin - October 13, 2022

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the midnight hour next month, the skies around the Kennedy Space Center will light up. After inspections and repairs...

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