DECATUR — Tory Bruno, the longtime chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is leaving the joint venture for another opportunity. In a statement today, executives from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Jared Isaacman, the new NASA administrator, plans to donate his salary to U.S. Space Camp. The billionaire entrepreneur was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on a 67-30 vote […]

MONTGOMERY – In the wake of the U.S. Space Command sign unveiling at Redstone Arsenal last week, the U.S. Space Force flag will be flown at all Alabama rest areas […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — X-Bow Systems has been awarded a production contract from V2X to develop and produce next-generation igniters for solid rocket motors, the company announced. The contract, with an […]

STOCKTON, Calif. — A merger of two aerospace heavyweights combines more than a century’s worth of critical engineering and manufacturing expertise. Now known as Applied Aerospace & Defense, the merger […]

HUNTSVILLE — Opening the doors to an award-winning developer of advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning defense technology solutions, Camgian officially launched its Huntsville office Monday. “This office represents our […]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With a government payload aboard, Varda Space Industries launched a rideshare mission with SpaceX, according to a news release. Varda has an officee in Huntsville. The […]

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — “Yeah, baby!” Amid cheers rivaling a football game, a New Glenn booster landed Thursday afternoon after delivering a NASA mission into orbit. The […]

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – With a mission to help enhance global connectivity, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off Thursday night carrying a broadband spacecraft, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Joseph Pelfrey, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, resigned Thursday. Pelfrey said in an email to employees at the space agency that as NASA focuses on its mission […]

WASHINGTON – Reinforcing the area’s influence in the U.S. space program, U.S. Rep. Dale W. Strong has re-introduced the Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act. The legislation would […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Margrit von Braun will return to a place rich with personal and historic meaning when she takes the stage as guest speaker for the Space Explorers Celebration […]

HUNTSVILLE — The “future of warfare” is being assembled on the factory floor of PDW’s newly opened Drone Factory 01 in Research Park. The 90,000-square-foot manufacturing complex will deliver tactical […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Kimberly Robinson, whose leadership helped bring the U.S. Space & Rocket Center from near-bankruptcy and closure, has retired, according to a news release from the center. She had […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is set to send a payload into space this month, a follow-up to the launch and […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. John Blevins, an alumnus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, or “Sammie,” considered the highest honor for […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Electric Propulsion Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville soared to first place at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Conference Region II Student […]

HUNTSVILLE – You can say, Drake State Community and Technical College has a “hunch” about its partnership with NASA. In fact, the school is strengthening its 15-year partnership with the […]

AUBURN — Calling it a “small step for our printer, one giant leap for space-based fabrication,” an Auburn associate professor declared a test of a 3D printer on parabolic flights […]

TUSCALOOSA – The Alabama Materials Institute at the University of Alabama will aid the Air Force Research Laboratory in developing technology related to a new satellite propellant. The AFRL-developed Advanced Spacecraft Energetic […]

HUNTSVILLE — A student team from the University of Alabama in Huntsville placed third in the 2025 NASA Student Launch Challenge – University Student Launch Initiative (USLI). The 25th annual […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, with the support of Alabama’s entire congressional delegation, led a resolution today commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Marshall Space Flight Center and reaffirming […]

HUNTSVILLE — There will be an out-of-this-world celebration next month as the Marshall Space Flight Center marks 65 years. And everyone is invited. Marshall, along with its partners and collaborators, […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Delivering more than a smile, a Decatur-built Atlas V launched this morning with a second batch of operational broadband satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation. The United […]