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ULA sets Christmas Eve for Vulcan Centaur launch
LAS VEGAS — Apparently, Santa Claus may not be the only one flying around South Florida on Christmas Eve.
United Launch Alliance announced Tuesday it...
UAH researchers helping solve 60-year-old solar mystery
HUNTSVILLE – Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have supported a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve a 60-year-old cosmic mystery. The ...
A&M, UAH, UNA, Auburn to compete in NASA Rover Challenge
HUNTSVILLE -- Alabama A&M, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the University of North Alabama and Auburn are among 42 college teams to compete...
NASA ‘Psyched’ about mission to metal-rich asteroid
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could...
Life in space? Bennu asteroid sample contains carbon, water
HOUSTON -- The sample of a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid has evidence of carbon and water, NASA announced today.
Initial studies of the sample from the...
‘Ring of fire’: UNA Planetarium to host eclipse viewing
FLORENCE – A "ring of fire" will appear in the sky Saturday morning as an annular eclipse of the sun will be visible in...
UAH Space Hardware Club soars in international space competitions
HUNTSVILLE – The Space Hardware Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville turned in strong finishes in two international aerospace competitions, the International...
Armed Services Committee to hold hearing on Space Command decision
WASHINGTON— The House Armed Services Committee will hear testimony Thursday from government witnesses regarding irregularity in the strategic basing process for the U.S. Space...
Not lost in space: Alabama Space Roundtable members in search of workforce
HUNTSVILLE -- Heeding a call to action to fill expected needs in a space-related workforce, the Alabama Space Roundtable held its inaugural meeting today.
The...
Asteroid sample has landed; to be examined in Houston
HOUSTON -- After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of...