Space — Page 6
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With the aid of the Tennessee Valley, two NASA astronauts are their way in a historic mission to the International Space Station. A Decatur-built United Launch […]
HUNTSVILLE — A longtime Marshall Space Flight Center employee has been promoted to the No. 2 position at the NASA field center in Huntsville. Rae Ann Meyer was named deputy […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Same song. Fifth verse. A historic crewed rocket launch has been scheduled for Wednesday – the fifth attempt for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The mission […]
WASHINGTON — In testimony that resembled a pep talk, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt offered high praise last week for the Marshall Space Flight Center and its administration. Britt (R-Ala.) participated […]
HUNTSVILLE – Two researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have published a paper that demonstrates for the first time that a subluminal warp drive is possible within the bounds of […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Everything continues to progress toward Saturday’s scheduled United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch carrying the first crewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA […]
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department remains focused on maintaining its edge in space as competitors attempt to shift the balance in the domain, a top space official from the Pentagon […]
KENT, Wash. — To say “good things come to those who wait” is putting it mildly for former Air Force Capt. Ed Dwight. Dwight was selected by President John F. […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Will the fourth time be a charm? Boeing’s first Starliner mission carrying astronauts into space has been delayed once again – this time until at least […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In the midst of a warning of a “disaster,” NASA, Boeing and the United Launch Alliance said the Boeing Crew Flight Test will launch no earlier […]
DECATUR – United Launch Alliance is gonna need a bigger boat. And to meet that need, the company has hired two companies to design, oversee and build a new ship […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A “technical issue” with a pressure regulation valve on the liquid oxygen tank caused a Boeing crew flight test to be scrubbed Monday night. NASA, Boeing, […]
HUNTSVILLE — The Marshall Space Flight Center is getting ready for the next big step in its evolution. Through a series of multi-year infrastructure projects, Marshall is optimizing its footprint […]
AUBURN — Can a small, laser ablation and sintering enabled (LASED) multi-material printer operate in microgravity? Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, the Goldbold Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will find […]
WASHINGTON — A Huntsville-based company and three state universities are among 21 organizations to share nearly $1.5 million in grants from NASA. The grants are for academic, non-profit, and business […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It was moving day today at the International Space Station. But it was unlike any moving day experienced here on Earth. With the historic visit of […]
HUNTSVILLE – Gamma-ray bursts are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the sun will produce over its 10 billion-year lifetime. These transient […]
HUNTSVILLE – For the second year in a row, engineering students from the University of Alabama in Huntsville won the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) competition. With the latest victory, UAH […]
HUNTSVILLE — Auburn University is making space for the Space Development Agency. Located just outside Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, the new Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus is set to become a base of technical […]
For more than six decades, Marshall Space Flight Center has provided NASA with mission-critical design, development, integration and operation of the launch and space systems required for space exploration and […]
HUNTSVILLE — It actually IS rocket science! Student Launch is a 9-month long challenge that tasks student teams from across the U.S. to design, build, test, and launch a high-powered […]
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – All good things must come to an end. And, in this case, it was the final launch Tuesday of the United Launch Alliance-built […]
HUNTSVILLE — The viewing opportunities for today’s solar eclipse may be cloudy around North Alabama, but NASA is hosting live coverage of the eclipse starting at noon today. The eclipse […]
WASHINGTON – An American Innovation $1 Coin will have a familiar design not only for residents of Huntsville but also for visitors passing through the I-565 corridor near the U.S. […]