Space — Page 7

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 […]

Students launch rockets, education with annual NASA competition

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. […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center said Friday it has concluded an investigation and took “necessary steps to move forward” in the wake of allegations across social media […]

ULA Delta IV Heavy launch finale delayed

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After a delay Thursday due to high winds, the final launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket was scrubbed Friday due to mechanical […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is heading back to the future with its eye on space history.  After a six-year absence, the rockets are coming back to […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Alabama Space Grant Consortium at the University of Alabama Huntsville purchased and distributed 50,000 safe-viewing eclipse glasses for schools in the most economically disadvantaged communities in the […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center has responded to reports on social media concerning a Space Camp transgender counselor. The reports have even included posts on social media […]

HOUSTON — As NASA opens applications for future astronauts, the space agency recently graduated its latest class of space travelers. Among the new astronauts are a pair of graduates from […]

Outpost Technologies wins space station contract

HUNTSVILLE — Outpost Technologies has been awarded a contract from the Johnson Space Center to provide equipment for the International Space Station. The nearly $1 million contract will entail the […]