Following the successful launch of the NASA–Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), which carried the CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station, Starliner returned safely to Earth at 5:49 p.m. CDT on May 25 with a soft landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico a little over four hours after undocking from the ISS. […]
After two failed previous attempts, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully entered orbit on Thursday night after separating from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. An excited crowd gathered in the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s exhibition hall for the viewing event. Prior to the countdown, guests explored the USSRC’s newest exhibit, “Planet Pioneers,” […]
It’s official! The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued the long-anticipated license to the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority to operate the Huntsville International Airport as a commercial space reentry site. The license will permit the airport to become a landing site for Sierra Space Dream Chaser vehicles returning from future NASA resupply missions to the […]
Drake State Community and Technical College will be selecting 25 teachers from Madison County middle schools and high schools to participate in a training program to educate students about NASA and STEM opportunities. “It’s a collaboration between NASA, Drake State, and local schools,” Drake State Student Success Specialist Tiffany Green told the Huntsville Business Journal. […]
Longtime city residents will recognize the thundering sounds and the shaking of area structures when NASA’s historic 4670 Test Stand at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is once again ready to play a key role in the country’s space exploration. The 300-foot tall stand, first employed in 1965 to support the Apollo program’s Saturn V […]
During World War II and in the aftermath, Huntsvillle joined Tullahoma in Tennessee in the running to acquire some German ingenuity and labor when Prisoners of War were relocated to the United States and to get coveted engineers. Tullahoma seemingly got the better of it when 11 POW camps were opened there in the Volunteer […]
On Wednesday, April 20, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) kicked off a series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke landing on the Moon. Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke, the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon, was the guest of […]
Last week’s 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs brought exciting news when Teledyne Brown Engineering, Sierra Space, and Nissan North America announced their partnership in the creation of the next-generation crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV). Huntsville engineers will play a significant role in the LTV’s development. According to a Teledyne Brown spokesperson, Teledyne Brown Engineering […]
NASA is moving closer to a June launch of unmanned Artemis 1, the first rocket to fly in the agency’s program intended to send humans back to the moon and beyond. At a recent during a teleconference, NASA announced plans to create additional opportunities for commercial companies to develop an astronaut Moon lander. The agency […]
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has presented the UAH College of Business with a $100,000 donation. SAIC, a technology integrator with over 25,000 employees, is a longtime supporter of the College’s SAP Business Technology program. In 2006, after receiving a grant from SAP University Alliances to access the software, UAH reached out to SAIC for […]
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