Tag Archive for: SpaceX

Boeing to cut 150+ Huntsville jobs amid national workforce reductions

Boeing has announced that they will lay off over 150 Huntsville employees, beginning on January 17, 2025.  The Huntsville layoffs are part of nationwide Boeing terminations. The aerospace and defense company has announced that it plans to reduce its national workforce by 10% — for a total loss of 17,000 jobs. “Our business is in […]

Above: Space to begin tests aboard International Space Station

Above: Space is gearing up to test the performance and durability of its proprietary materials in low orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the upcoming Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE-19) mission. Scheduled for March, this mission will be flown by the SpaceX Dragon resupply mission, SPX-30. The MISSE facility’s environmental […]

Space Race 2.0: Blue Origin, Cerberus, and Textron eyeing North Alabama’s ULA in aerospace power play

Reports from the Wall Street Journal this week suggest that entities such as Blue Origin, led by Jeff Bezos, and private equity firm Cerberus are closing in on a potential deal to acquire United Launch Alliance (ULA), located in Decatur, Alabama. This information unveils a potential shake-up in the aerospace industry for North Alabama. Lockheed […]

Asteroid Autumn at Marshall Space Flight Center: OSIRIS-REx returns as Psyche prepares to launch

As autumn leaves begin to fall in Huntsville, the engineers and scientists at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on Redstone Arsenal are gearing up for an eventful season dubbed “Asteroid Autumn.” The excitement is palpable as MSFC crews dive into a series of asteroid-focused missions that promise to deliver groundbreaking discoveries and insights into the […]

NASA Announces Selection of Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider

NASA officials gathered at the Marshall Flight Center in Huntsville on Friday to announce the selection of Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, as a second Artemis Lunar Lander provider. According to NASA, Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify its Blue Moon lander to meet NASA’s human landing system (HLS) requirements for recurring astronaut […]

Teledyne Brown Engineering Critical Science Equipment Launched on SpX-27

The SpaceX International Space Station (ISS) Cargo Resupply Mission launched on March 15 from Cape Canaveral, Florida successfully transported 12 pieces of hardware designed and manufactured by Teledyne Brown Engineering. This hardware will be used in the Ring Sheared Drop (RSD) experiment facility aboard the ISS. The experiment’s goal is to understand and control protein […]

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, […]

MSFC Director Pleased with Fiscal Year 2021 NASA Budget

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

Dynetics Unveils Lunar Lander Module Mockup

Dynetics recently unveiled a test version of its full-scale lunar lander that the company hopes will take people to the moon. The Dynetics test article will be used for initial evaluations for NASA’s Artemis program,, Dynetics said in a statement. The Dynetics team will use the test article for analysis, crew module accommodations, placement and […]

Teledyne to start space-based imaging

A Teledyne Brown Engineering-built sensor system will soon be sending images from the International Space Station. Teledyne Technologies announced the successful launch of the DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.  Over the next three months, the DESIS instrument, designed and built by the […]