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NASA invests $1.5M toward launch of Auburn Space Manufacturing initiative

AUBURN -- In-Space Manufacturing capabilities for structural and functional parts — tools, electronics, and sensors — is an inevitable part of future space activity. That’s...

SpaceX wins NASA contract for Marshall-managed Dragonfly mission

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, the fourth mission in NASA's New Frontiers Program, managed by...

Link 16, lasers provide top comms on proliferated warfighter space architecture

WASHINGTON -- As the Space Development Agency continues to build out the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, the agency's director, Derek Tournear, said Link 16...

Tuberville reaffirms commitment to bring Space Command to the Rocket City

HUNTSVILLE-- Sen. Tommy Tuberville believes U.S. Space Command will soon be in its "rightful home." In a statement posted to his X account Saturday, Tuberville...

Alabama A&M wins $1.2M NASA grant to drive diversity in engineering, STEM

HUNTSVILLE -- NASA has awarded Alabama A&M University a $1.2 million grant to expand programs supporting students who have been historically underrepresented and underserved in science,...

Rogers says Space Command HQ construction starts ‘next year in Huntsville’

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, didn't hold back on plans for the U.S. Space Command headquarters. "...

UAH doctoral student wins NASA grant to research 3D-printed lunar concrete

HUNTSVILLE – Ledia Shehu, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been selected to receive a NASA Future Investigators in...

National Space Club honors UAH Eminent Scholar Dr. Gary Zank

HUNTSVILLE – The National Space Club, Huntsville Chapter, presented Dr. Gary Zank of the University of Alabama in Huntsville with the 2024 Distinguished Science...

Huntsville companies on $2.5B Space Systems Command contract

LOS ANGELES -- Three Huntsville-based companies are part of a $2.5 billion Space Systems Command contract. Axient, NTSI, and Sigmatech are among 12 companies, some...

From Big Apple to Rocket City, SpaceFactory relocates to Huntsville to establish a base for lunar innovation

HUNTSVILLE – Citing the city's space heritage and its Apollo legacy, a New York-based space construction firm moved its operations to the Rocket City. SpaceFactory,...