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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Christmas Day will see the launch of NASA’s historic James Webb Space Telescope which will allow mankind to gain a deeper understanding of early space formation. The momentous occasion is […]

HUNTSVILLE — Marshall Space Flight Center officials on Tuesday played host to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, where the agency head met with team members and received briefings regarding ongoing efforts […]

NASA has announced the selection of 60 teams that will compete in the Student Launch competition held at Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center, which is part of a series of […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA officials on Wednesday offered a glimpse into the inner-workings surrounding the Artemis mission and Space Launch System (SLS) program, which will return Americans to the lunar surface […]