Huntsville’s significant population growth continues steadily.
Huntsville is experiencing significant growth and is excited to welcome a new neighborhood each month. As of July 1, the estimated population of Rocket City reached 249,102, marking a 15.9% rise since the 2020 census. That breaks down to about 18 new residents daily, with 34,000 people choosing to call Huntsville home in the last […]
Huntsville’s South Star Music Fest lineup officially released with some huge names
The wait is over. Huntsville's newest music mega-festival, South Star, has announced its highly anticipated setlist, and while many of the artists participating are household names, some are less well-known, but their performances often rival the event's more well-known acts. According to South Star, the full list of musicians scheduled to perform at the festival […]
Miss Baker, Huntsville’s space pioneer, launched 65 years ago today
One of our nation's first astronauts, and later a beloved resident of Huntsville, Alabama, launched from Cape Canaveral on a historic space mission 65 years ago today. On May 28, 1959, an 11-ounce squirrel monkey named Miss Baker flew aboard a Huntsville-built Jupiter C missile on a 16-minute suborbital flight, flying 360 miles into space […]