Tag: NASA
Huntsville joint venture wins $76M NASA engineering contract
RSI-Quantitech, a joint venture between two Huntsville small businesses, has been awarded a $76.6 million engineering and technical support contract to aid NASA operations...
Predicting the weather in space
It’s hard enough to predict weather on Earth — imagine trying to predict the weather between here and the sun. Space weather is a...
Kimberly Robinson on leading Space & Rocket Center
Kimberly Robinson is the new director of the Space & Rocket Center.
Dynetics chosen for Artemis Lunar Lander work
Huntsville-based Dynetics, a Leidos company, is among five firms selected by NASA for work that will allow “a steady pace of crewed trips to...
Drake State receives $1.2 million for STEM workforce development
Drake State Community & Technical College is one of six colleges and universities to win a $1.2 million NASA’s Inclusion Across the Nation of...
NASA picks Marshall for Venus studies
NASA has selected two missions to Venus and work on the $500 million projects will be handled at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
Lockheed...
Dynetics wins air monitoring contract for NASA Orion
Huntsville-based Dynetics has been awarded a $17.8 million NASA contract to develop a Laser Air Monitoring System for the Orion spacecraft, beginning with the...
Boeing-built SLS rocket engine test fires successfully
The Boeing-built cryogenic core stage for NASA’s Artemis missions to the moon and beyond successfully completed its eight-minute test burn Thursday at Stennis Space...
Alabama grad among astronauts headed for Space Station
NASA astronaut Bob Hines, who earned his master’s in aerospace engineering from the University of Alabama, will be making his first trip into space...
New testing on SLS Rocket Engine
Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA are gearing up for a new phase of hot-fire testing on the RS-25 engine, which will power the core stage...