KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Aerojet Rocketdyne played a central role in enabling the next giant leap with last Wednesday’s launch of NASA’s super-heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. […]

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, […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Following the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the Orion spacecraft is on its way to the […]

HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center will host a watch party for tonight’s planned launch of the Artemis I mission. Doors to the Davidson Center for Space Exploration […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched successfully Thursday, adding to their perfect record of mission success. The rocket was carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 mission […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Teams are on track to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, NASA announced. […]

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 […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4  splashed down Friday off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., completing the agency’s fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. The international […]

HOUSTON — After a day’s delay due to unfavorable weather, NASA and SpaceX are planning to return the Crew-4 mission to Earth today from the International Space Station. The undocking […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — In the midnight hour next month, the skies around the Kennedy Space Center will light up. After inspections and repairs of the Space Launch System […]

WASHINGTON — It’s not quite the drama of the movie “Armageddon,” but a NASA spacecraft intentionally changed the orbit of a celestial object. Analysis of data obtained over the past […]

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 […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have been working this week to prepare the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for November’s Artemis I […]

HUNTSVILLE — Florida’s recovery response to Hurricane Ian has been bolstered by two University of Alabama in Huntsville Earth System Science Center research associates. Working from Cramer Hall at UAH, […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The crew assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is in orbit following today’s launch to the International Space Station. The international crew will serve as […]

HOUSTON, Texas — To prepare for the Artemis era of research on the moon, NASA is conducting field tests in Arizona over the next three weeks. Astronauts, engineers, and scientists […]

WASHINGTON – NASA has awarded a nearly $150 million contract to supply liquid helium and gaseous helium to facilities across the agency, including Marshall Space Flight Center. The two-year IDIQ […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA said there was no damage to Artemis I and the Space Launch System from Hurricane Ian and is focusing on a November launch window. […]

LAUREL, Md. — The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have captured views of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test crashing into an asteroid Tuesday, NASA said Thursday. […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Artemis I launch isn’t the only NASA mission that has been delayed by the approach of Hurricane Ian. The space agency announced today the […]

LAUREL, Md. — NASA hit the bullseye Monday with its own “DART” game. After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary […]

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 […]