MSFC Director Pleased with Fiscal Year 2021 NASA Budget

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Singer says funding request gives Marshall programs the resources they need.

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Ready for Relaunch! U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Space Camp Open with New Exhibits, New Facilities Planned

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Sometimes we forget the wonders that exist just down the street or conveniently located around the corner from home. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Space Camp are truly exceptional features known worldwide, and there is a lot new happening there worth seeing, according to Dr. Kimberly Robinson, the new executive director and CEO. […]

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Victory Solutions Awarded $169M NASA Contract

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Huntsville-based Victory Solutions has been awarded a Consolidated Program Support Services Configuration and Data Management contract to provide CDM services at 10 NASA centers including Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center. A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Woman-Owned Small Business, Victory Solutions specializes in building relationships with defense and commercial customers to develop, analyze, and integrate advanced aerospace […]

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Huntsville-managed Moon Rocket Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

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The Boeing-built rocket core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System was unloaded from a barge Thursday and moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. This is the first moon rocket to arrive at the VAB since the Apollo program. Boeing’s SLS program is based in Huntsville and is the backbone of NASA’s […]

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Dynetics Completes ‘Lunar Lander’ Preliminary Design Review

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The U.S. is another “small step” closer to landing Americans on the moon, thanks to a Huntsville company. Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, has completed the preliminary design review of its Human Landing System for NASA’s Artemis Program, marking another critical milestone in human spaceflight. This review provided NASA with insight into the […]

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Space & Rocket Center Launches Shuttle Restoration Project

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Some three decades of Huntsville weather have taken its toll on a Rocket City landmark. The Pathfinder space shuttle is facing a multi-year, multi-million dollar restoration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Work is underway on the $1.5 million first phase of the project, which begins with removing the Pathfinder orbiter from atop the […]

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Blue Origin Mission Demonstrates Crew Capsule Upgrades

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It was a picture-perfect launch and landing Thursday for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program. Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin’s fully reusable suborbital launch vehicle. New Shepard is designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line (100 km), the internationally recognized boundary of […]

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Dynetics Achieves Critical NASA Milestone

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Dynetics has submitted its proposal for Option A of the Human Landing System for NASA’s Artemis Program. The team has also completed the HLS Continuation Review, a critical milestone during the 10-month base period, which NASA will use to assess progress on HLS hardware development and program plans. The Huntsville company is performing main engine […]

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Dr. Kimberly Robinson Named U.S. Space & Rocket Center Executive Director and CEO

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Dr. Kimberly Robinson, a 31-year NASA veteran, has been named the executive director and CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. She will assume her role Feb. 15. “I look forward to joining the remarkable team at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center to inspire our next generation of explorers,” Robinson said. “The Rocket […]

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Stellar Group Named to Advisory Board for Drake State Space Construction Research Program

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A nine-member advisory board has been named to oversee Drake State Community  & Technical College’s new Frontiers Research Program. The Frontiers Research  Program was established after Drake State was selected by NASA’s Marshall Space  Flight Center as a partner to develop 3D printing technologies to support the Artemis  mission.  The Frontiers Advisory Board, made up […]

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