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Huntsville will celebrate the generations that helped take America to space while looking toward those who will carry exploration forward when the Space Explorers’ Celebration returns to the U.S. Space […]

Arrow’s Edge, a joint venture between Huntsville-based Seabrook Solutions and Amentum, has been awarded a $317 million NASA contract to support facilities and operations at Marshall Space Flight Center. The […]

On Tuesday, the four Artemis II astronauts continued their post-mission tour at Marshall Space Flight Center, where they thanked the teams behind their historic journey around the Moon. NASA astronauts […]

Brooke Patterson never planned on working for NASA. The University of North Alabama junior is double-majoring in secondary education and mathematics, not aerospace engineering. But this summer, that combination made […]

The ‘wave’ went around Toyota Field. Astronauts joked with the crowd, traded stories from nearly 10 days in space and marveled at the packed stands. But beneath the fun Monday […]

They rode a Rocket City rocket around the Moon. Now they’re coming to Madison. The four astronauts who made history aboard Artemis II will take the stage at Toyota Field […]

Auburn University opened a new 50,000-square-foot research laboratory Tuesday in Cummings Research Park, putting more than $30 million behind an effort to move critical defense and space technologies from concept […]

NASA has selected four companies with significant Huntsville operations to compete for spacecraft processing work under a contract valued at up to $100 million. All Points Logistics, Blue Origin, Firefly […]

L3Harris Technologies has completed the sale of a majority stake in its commercial space propulsion, power and electronics businesses, reviving the historic Rocketdyne name while retaining key defense programs and […]

A University of Alabama in Huntsville-led research team has received an $849,000 NASA grant to develop new tools that could help communities across the Southeast detect rapidly developing flash droughts […]

A former Redstone Arsenal flight surgeon who went on to set a U.S. record in space will now help lead NASA’s next major step toward returning humans to the Moon. […]

Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are helping NASA explore a technology that could dramatically reduce travel times for future missions to Mars and beyond. UAH is working […]

Blue Origin continues to assess the damage following an explosion involving its New Glenn rocket during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral late Thursday, an incident highlighting the rigorous testing […]

Huntsville’s growing national profile was on display again this week as “Fox & Friends” featured the Rocket City in a live segment highlighting communities that helped shape America. The broadcast […]

Matt Anderson was officially sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 16th deputy administrator, stepping into a leadership role that carries major implications for Huntsville and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s work […]

As NASA looks toward returning astronauts to the moon and eventually sending humans to Mars, Jared Isaacman says Huntsville and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center remain central to the future […]

Standing inside a mission control room of the newest expansion of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Jared Isaacman reflected on the childhood experience in Huntsville that helped shape the […]

We are well into our path in the 21st century, and it is essential that we continue looking ahead— remaining mindful of how we can provide an improved standard of […]

Britt presses NASA Chief on SLS, commitment 

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) pressed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on maintaining Space Launch System production and secured a commitment to fully implement $110 million in nuclear thermal propulsion funding […]

NASA has taken another major step toward returning astronauts to the Moon, rolling out the core stage of its Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis III mission.   The core […]

Four astronauts aboard Artemis II have set a new record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth, marking a major milestone in NASA’s return to deep space exploration. […]

Alabama’s footprint in NASA’s return to deep space was on display this week as the Artemis II mission launched, marking the first human journey toward the moon in more than […]

In celebration of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the Huntsville-connected milestone is getting a space-inspired sweet treat. Krispy Kreme announced its release of a limited-time Artemis II Doughnut to coincide with […]

Crowds in Huntsville and around the world watched and cheered as NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully lifted off Wednesday evening, marking the first crewed mission to the Moon in more […]

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