Tag Archive for: NASA

Micro Meat and Orbital Assembly Team Up on Space-Based Food Production Venture

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Micro Meat, a pioneer in the alternative protein industry, and Orbital Assembly (OA), developer of space-based business parks with variable gravity, have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop cultivated meat production systems in space. Under the agreement, Micro Meat will install its proprietary meat production equipment aboard OA’s Pioneer-classTM space station […]

Department of Defense Contract Review: Over $2 Billion Awarded Between September 26-30

This series from the Huntsville Business Journal covers Department of Defense (DoD) contracts awarded to Huntsville-Madison County and Alabama businesses. Each week, the Huntsville Business Journal provides you with an update to the various military contracts that local and state businesses are awarded. This entry covers contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings from Monday, September 26th – […]

America Makes Announces Fall TRX Event

HUNTSVILLE, AL – America Makes, in partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC), will host the Fall 2022 Technical Review & Exchange (TRX) on October 18-19 at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. TRX is a technically focused event that offers content sharing at an in-depth level. It offers attendees dynamic access […]

Bridgestone Joins Teledyne Lunar Terrain Vehicle Development Team

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Teledyne Brown Engineering recently announced that Bridgestone Corporation is joining its team looking to design and build the crewed lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) for NASA to support future exploration on the moon.  As NASA’s mission is to reach new territory in space development, there is a need for a crewed and autonomous […]

NASA Pursues Astronaut Lunar Landers for Future Artemis Moon Missions

NASA is seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration as the agency works toward a regular cadence of Moon landings. Through Artemis missions, NASA is preparing to return humans to the Moon, including the first woman and first person of color, for long-term scientific discovery and exploration. Under the solicitation, Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Development, […]

New Member Appointed to Von Braun Center Board of Control

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Von Braun Center (VBC) has announced the addition of Lynn Troy as the newest member of the Von Braun Center Board of Control. Ms. Troy was appointed by the Huntsville City Council and began her post on August 28, 2022. The Von Braun Center Board of Control is charged with custody of and […]

Shelby Appearance, Federal Courthouse Groundbreak Highlight Big Day

Monday morning is going to be a busy one for the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber along with dignitaries and city officials featuring an appearance by retiring Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama and then a groundbreaking ceremony for the new federal courthouse. The day will start early with the Washington Update Breakfast at the Davidson Center for […]

Sinequa Cuts the Ribbon at New UAH Office

Enterprise Search leader Sinequa held a ribbon cutting for their new office on Tuesday at the Invention to Innovation Center on campus at UAH. The office will help them with their new business practice that was also announced this week, dedicated to the specific needs of public and private agencies serving the United States Aerospace […]

Teledyne Brown Engineering’s newest contract set to expand International Space Station

Huntsville based Teledyne Brown Engineering revealed late last week that the company has been awarded the Marshall Operations, Systems, Services and Integration II (MOSSI II) contract from NASA. The contract is a performance-based, cost-plus-award-fee contract with a potential mission services value of $596.5 over eight years. As the prime contractor for MOSSI II, Teledyne Brown is […]

2022 SMD Symposium Showcases Latest Missile, Aerospace Technologies

There’s one less helicopter hovering above a mountain range, courtesy of BlueHalo’s Virtual Stinger Trainer and the author of this story with some help from Haden Downey (pictured below). It only took one shot from the company’s man-held missile system from inside the Von Braun Center’s South Hall. BlueHalo had one of seemingly countless booths […]