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Helium leak in service module prompts another delay for Starliner launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Will the fourth time be a charm? Boeing's first Starliner mission carrying astronauts into space has been delayed once again -...

NASA, Boeing, ULA aim for Friday for Starliner flight test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the midst of a warning of a "disaster," NASA, Boeing and the United Launch Alliance said the Boeing Crew...

Companies to build, design ‘SpaceShip’ to carry ULA’s Vulcan rockets

DECATUR – United Launch Alliance is gonna need a bigger boat. And to meet that need, the company has hired two companies to design, oversee...

Starliner launch scrubbed due to faulty valve on liquid oxygen tank

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A "technical issue" with a pressure regulation valve on the liquid oxygen tank caused a Boeing crew flight test to...

Marshall Space Flight Center prepares for strategic facilities updates

HUNTSVILLE -- The Marshall Space Flight Center is getting ready for the next big step in its evolution. Through a series of multi-year infrastructure...

AU professor to explore printing semiconductors in microgravity

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...

AU, UA, UAH, Victory Solutions awarded grants to boost moon to Mars exploration

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...

Moving day as space station prepares for historic arrival of Starliner crew

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...

UAH research advances understanding of light from gamma-ray bursts

HUNTSVILLE – Gamma-ray bursts are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the sun will produce over...

Sheer lunarcy: UAH wins NASA Rover Challenge for second consecutive year

HUNTSVILLE – For the second year in a row, engineering students from the University of Alabama in Huntsville won the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge...