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Trash Pandas, Rocket Center host Splashdown Party

MADISON — The Rocket City Trash Pandas and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are hosting an Artemis I Splashdown Party at Toyota Field this weekend. The Orion spacecraft is […]

NASA: Artemis inaugural launch 'simply eye-watering'

HUNTSVILLE — The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket performed with precision, meeting or exceeding all expectations during its debut launch last month on Artemis I, NASA said. The world’s most […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX for its Starship landing system to meet agency requirements for human exploration of the moon under Artemis. With this addition, […]

HUNTSVILLE – As a commitment to “setting the tone” on advancing equality, Jacobs Engineering presented the Drake State Foundation $200,000 to support the college’s Frontiers Research Program. “Advancing justice and […]

Neutron star behavior 'a head scratcher' for Marshall researchers

HUNTSVILLE — In February, NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observed its first accreting neutron star: Hercules X-1, more than 21,000 light years from Earth. Now a new study based […]

Former Marshall HQ coming down but legacy stands tall

HUNTSVILLE — For more than six decades, NASA and the nation have relied on the  Marshall Space Flight Center to deliver its most vital propulsion systems and hardware, flagship launch vehicles, […]

Rep. Aderholt: Alabama a pillar of U.S. space prowess

Earlier this year, during the International Space Station Research & Development Conference, I had the great opportunity to unveil my space vision for the rest of the 21st century. Outlining […]

UAH has role in proposed gamma-ray mission

HUNTSVILLE  – A proposed space mission involving the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been selected by NASA for the second time as part of a group of four for […]

Space Center, Marshall host Observe the Moon Night

HUNTSVILLE – The Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are offering a chance to see the moon like you may not have ever seen it. […]

HUNTSVILLE —  Up in the sky. It’s a moon. It’s a star. No. It’s Jupiter. That’s right. The largest planet in our solar system will be the brightest object in […]

HUNTSVILLE — A solar wind theory by an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been confirmed by a spacecraft from the European Space Agency. The solar switchback […]

HUNTSVILLE — There’s a reason Huntsville is called “Rocket City” and the city will once again live up to its name this weekend. When the Space Launch System lifts off […]

NASA accepting proposals for 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge

HUNTSVILLE — NASA is accepting student team proposals to participate in the 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Interested teams should review the 2023 HERC handbook for proposal guidelines, new task challenges, and […]

SLS markings provide different view of Artemis I launch

HUNTSVILLE — When NASA’s Artemis I mission launches Aug. 29, thousands of cameras will capture the historic first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Some cameras, though, are […]

HUNTSVILLE — Rain almost waterlogged NASA’s Super Guppy and prevented it from landing Wednesday at the Redstone Army Airfield. But the fat fish-shaped transport plane touched down a little after […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center quietly welcomed its new deputy director, Joseph Pelfrey, to his new position in April. But who is the man who assists in leading […]

PROMONTORY, Utah — A recent booster motor test-firing was called a success by NASA officials. Teams from NASA’s Space Launch System program and Northrop Grumman fired a ground-based version of […]

NASA officials on Wednesday announced three targeted launch dates for the Huntsville-assembled Space Launch System (SLS), which will mark the beginning of the agency’s Artemis I mission. During a news […]

WASHINGTON – NASA has awarded a facilities engineering design and inspection services  contract to Vanguard Pacific of Foley. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is to provide architect and engineering design services […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Technology Demonstration Missions program at Marshall Space Flight Center will fund the development of a fission power project for NASA and the U.S. […]

NASA is targeting Saturday, June 18, for the beginning of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the Kennedy […]

Joseph Pelfrey has been appointed deputy director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. In his new role, the former manager of MSFC’s Human Exploration Development and Operations office […]

While Presidents Day commemorates George Washington’s birthday, the holiday has come to also honor all presidents who have served in the prestigious office throughout our country’s history. As we look […]

Yes, much like old cars abandoned in a junkyard where only sentimental mechanics go to strip them of reusable parts, so go once magnificent pieces of spaceflight hardware to the […]