Tag: NASA
Katie Britt: Alabama is expanding the limits of human achievement
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt highlighted Alabama’s critical contributions to the next era of American space exploration during a recent hearing of...
David Williams: With rocket launch comes a payload of red ink
At long last, liftoff. On November 16, the Space Launch System (SLS), an immensely powerful rocket, kickstarted a weeks-long round-trip journey to...
Alabama space museum marking 50th anniversary of Apollo 16
Alabama’s space museum is both marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 16 lunar mission and looking ahead to the next U.S....
Rae Ann Meyer named new associate director at NASA center in...
A longtime employee of the nation’s space agency has been named associate director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
Army defends decision to close space, tech library
The U.S. Army is defending a decision to close its historic 57-year-old space and technical library at Redstone Arsenal.
Army officials said it...
Martha Roby: Supporting STEM Education
Did you know that four billion people on the planet use a mobile phone? Over the past two years alone, 90 percent...
Martha Roby: Celebrating fifty years of Alabama’s role in space exploration
Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 became the first spaceflight to place humans on the Moon when Commander Neil...
Aerospace, automotive summits heading to Birmingham this week
Birmingham is hosting a pair of business summits this week that showcase Alabama’s growing automotive and manufacturing industries, providing participants with high-level...
NASA moves liquid hydrogen tank to Huntsville for testing
NASA is moving a massive liquid hydrogen tank to Huntsville, Alabama, for testing as part of its plans to eventually return to the moon.
The...
Birmingham’s Southern Research tests parts 3-D printed in space for NASA
Could 3-D printers transform the International Space Station into a manufacturing hub and one day function as the heart of an on-demand machine shop in space...