HUNTSVILLE — The presidential order to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs now includes NASA and the Artemis mission to the moon. Other actions following President Trump’s Executive Order […]

HUNTSVILLE — Calling Jared Isaacman a “strategic and assertive administrator,” Gov. Kay Ivey threw her support behind Isaacman’s nomination as NASA administrator. Isaacman, a graduate of Space Camp at the […]

HUNTSVILLE – Officials from Alabama State Parks and the Von Braun Astronomical Society gathered today with city leaders and representatives from NASA to dedicate a Moon Tree – a tree […]

HUNTSVILLE — With a design to further support federal customers and their critical missions in national security, Peraton opened a state-of-the-art facility today. “We are excited to officially open our […]

HUNTSVILLE — Among all the challenges of voyaging to and landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be underestimated. To quickly and […]

HUNTSVILLE — Backed by a recent $11.4 million Department of Defense contract through the Missile Defense Agency at Redstone Arsenal, Auburn University’s Applied Research Institute in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park […]

HUNTSVILLE — As an asteroid approaches Earth, NASA has awarded a contract to SpaceX for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission, managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Under […]

WASHINGTON — The DOGE axe came down on NASA this afternoon as about 10% of the space agency’s workforce was cut as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce […]

WASHINGTON — Huntsville’s contributions to the nation’s space program continues with the recent announcement by NASA to award study contracts to help support life and work on the lunar surface. […]

VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin completed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission today which was to simulate lunar gravity. The payloads experienced roughly two minutes of lunar […]

WASHINGTON — Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer) spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our […]

WASHINGTON — NASA, along with its industry and international partners, is preparing for sustained exploration of the lunar surface with the Artemis campaign to advance science and discovery. As part […]

AUBURN — In-Space Manufacturing capabilities for structural and functional parts — tools, electronics, and sensors — is an inevitable part of future space activity. That’s why the world leader in space […]

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, the fourth mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has awarded Alabama A&M University a $1.2 million grant to expand programs supporting students who have been historically underrepresented and underserved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. […]

HUNTSVILLE — Nuclear propulsion in space, artificial intelligence and the Artemis program are on the agenda this week for the Von Braun Space Exploration Symposium. The theme is “Expanding Exploration: […]

HUNTSVILLE – Teledyne Brown Engineering has been selected to provide Earth observation data and related services to NASA. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract has a cumulative maximum value of $476 million. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Ashok Silwal, a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been chosen to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth […]

HUNTSVILLE – In a couple of weeks, a student team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is set to launch its biggest payload yet into the upper atmosphere from […]

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — As the nation celebrated a “small step for (a) man,” a leading aerospace company took a giant leap in space technology. Sierra Space, a commercial space-tech company, […]

NEW ORLEANS — NASA took another small step Tuesday on the anniversary of the historic launch to a giant leap. Technicians moved the Space Launch System rocket core stage from […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Federico Fraternale at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a $824,132 NASA heliophysics grant to develop global models of the heliosphere that incorporate interstellar […]

HUNTSVILLE — After two days of competition, two teams from southern California took home a combined $1.5 million from NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge. Since 2020, competitors from around […]

HUNTSVILLE – A Huntsville small business brought home a big prize from NASA. Victory Solutions, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Woman-Owned Small Business, was named NASA’s Small Business Prime Contractor of […]