Blue Origin NS-32 Launch Celebrated in Huntsville

Those who have attended NASA rocket launches live at Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral tell of an inspiring experience. It wasn’t Florida, it wasn’t NASA and it wasn’t in-person, but the live showing of the Blue Origin NS-32 launch and landing in West Texas on a big screen at the U.S. Space & Rocket […]

Department of Defense and DARPA host networking events in Huntsville

Defense researchers, innovators, and industry leaders convened in Huntsville for a Department of Defense SciTech Connect Networking Event, which aimed to strengthen ties across the defense, science, and technology community. DoD SciTech Connect is a new initiative launched in December 2024 by the U.S Government.  According to the DoD, this new platform was created to […]

Always Above: Space Force Takes Center Stage in Huntsville

While residents, business folks, politicians and assorted local authorities and civic leaders await anxiously for the federal government to declare the future home of the United States Space Command, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center is moving SPACECOM’S cousin, Space Force, into the spotlight. On a night where talk of SPACECOM took a back seat, […]

From skyscrapers to space: How one company is bringing 3D printing to Huntsville

Shipbuilders live near docks. Likewise, the New York metro area doesn’t offer many prospects to make a living in the space and defense industries. With that in mind, architect turned engineer David Malott and a modest crew eventually left the Big Apple for the Tennessee Valley. Malott’s architecture practice morphed into an engineering company and […]

CFD Research Awarded Contract to Support L3Harris Technologies

CFD Research has been awarded a contract by L3Harris Technologies in support of Next Generation Jammer – Low Band Engineering and Manufacturing Development. The NGJ-LB is a component of a larger NGJ system that will augment and ultimately replace the legacy ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System on the EA-18G Growler aircraft. Using the latest software and […]

HudsonAlpha Hosts High School Students for DNA in Biotech Career Conference

On Wednesday, April 16th, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology hosted junior and senior high school students from north Alabama for a DNA in Biotech mini-conference. Small groups of students from nearly every public and private high school in Madison County were in attendance.  Kelly East, the organization’s Vice President for Educational Outreach, shared her enthusiasm […]

HudsonAlpha scientist, Chloee McLaughlin, named a Next Gen Leadership Awardee for 2025 AGBT Agricultural Meeting

Chloee McLaughlin, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at HudsonAlpha, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Next Gen Leadership Award by The Genome Partnership. She was recognized for her groundbreaking research in agricultural genomics during the prestigious AGBT Agricultural Meeting, held from March 31 to April 2 in Orlando, Fla. The award honors early-career scientists […]

NASA veterans sound alarm on space safety and bureaucracy at Huntsville event

Two of NASA’s most outspoken veterans, Homer Hickam and Dr. Charles Camarda, took the stage together for the first time at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center on Monday, March 31st. Their joint appearance came on the heels of viral moments during Fox News’ live coverage of the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashdown, where their candid […]

U.S. Space & Rocket Center debuts weather exhibit

Huntsville continues to reveal its diversity beyond renown as the Rocket City, though space does play a role in an exhibit unveiled Monday at the most visited tourist attraction in the state. A ribbon-cutting was held for the Baron Critical Weather Institute’s “How We Know The Weather’’ exhibit inside the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. […]

Kalm Therapeutics receives grant to advance steroid alternative research

Kalm Therapeutics’ effort to find an alternative to steroids used to combat conditions such as eczema and psoriasis received a boost in the form of what the company termed a “significant’’ grant. The grant was awarded by Southern Research’s Therapeutics Development Fund (TDF) and could hasten Kalm Therapeutics’ research. “The awarded grant will enable Kalm […]