DECATUR – M&J Precision, a small, woman-owned business in Decatur, has been named the United Launch Alliance’s “Extra Mile Supplier of the Year” and has gone where no other supplier […]

HUNTSVILLE – Ashok Silwal, a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been chosen to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth […]

HUNTSVILLE – Team TERMINUS from the University of Alabama in Huntsville launched a student-developed payload aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that featured two experiments designed by the UAH Space Hardware […]

HUNTSVILLE –  There will be a liftoff today at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center However, it’s not quite the same kind of liftoff people associate with the nation’s space […]

Governor Kay Ivey recently selected State Rep. Joe Lovvorn to join the 18-member board of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. In Huntsville on Wednesday, Lovvorn (R-Auburn) kicked off his […]

HUNTSVILLE — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Southeast and the iconic Saturn V tower is a landmark along I-565. […]

HUNTSVILLE — The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, whose research created […]

HUNTSVILLE – In a couple of weeks, a student team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is set to launch its biggest payload yet into the upper atmosphere from […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — United Launch Alliance hit the century mark with this morning’s launch of the Atlas V carrying the USSF-51 mission for the United States Spaces Force’s Space […]

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — As the nation celebrated a “small step for (a) man,” a leading aerospace company took a giant leap in space technology. Sierra Space, a commercial space-tech company, […]

HUNTSVILLE – Three Space Hardware Club teams from the University of Alabama in Huntsville placed first, third and fourth nationally in the 2024 International CanSat competition. UAH student teams Shockwave, Snapdragon […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Alabama Space Grant Consortium at the University of Alabama in Huntsville received a major boost from the National Space Club – Huntsville Chapter to support a 2024-25 […]

ASPEN, Colo. — Attendees of the Aspen Security Forum discussed a subject that influences all other topics the experts at the Colorado conference will talk about: space. Space Force Gen. Stephen […]

HUNTSVILLE – Thursday morning marked the first stage of the return of Rocket Park’s Rocket Row at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.  Dr. Kimberly Robinson, the center’s CEO and […]

NEW ORLEANS — NASA took another small step Tuesday on the anniversary of the historic launch to a giant leap. Technicians moved the Space Launch System rocket core stage from […]

HUNTSVILLE — After two days of competition, two teams from southern California took home a combined $1.5 million from NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge. Since 2020, competitors from around […]

BOCA CHICA, Texas — The most powerful launch vehicle ever built achieved key objectives Thursday, according to SpaceX. The launch of Starship was the second uncrewed test of the year […]

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 […]