Chicago Clears Jail Space, Boards Up Businesses Bracing For Possible Protests During DNC

The city of Chicago is preparing for mass arrests and protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) starting Monday, clearing space in jails and boarding up facilities, according to multiple reports. Cook County Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans announced in July that he was preparing court facilities for mass arrests resulting from protests surrounding […]

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 […]

Sen. Britt to NASA Administrator: ‘We must continue to invest’ in Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama

In encouraging testimony last week, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt spoke highly of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and its operations. Senator Britt (R-Alabama) appeared at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the fiscal year 2025 budgets for NASA and the National […]

With lift from ULA, Boeing Starliner crew en route to space station

With support from the Tennessee Valley, two NASA astronauts will depart on an historic mission to the International Space Station. The Decatur-built United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carried the Boeing Starliner spacecraft into orbit for the roughly 25-and-a-half-hour journey to the ISS after lifting off at 10:52 a.m. EDT from the Cape Canaveral Space […]

Blazing a trail: UAB to help service International Space Station

UAB may be known worldwide for its renowned medical programs and services, but it was the university's School of Engineering that recently gained attention. The university recently announced that its engineering and innovative technology development organization was contracted by NASA as part of a group of 11 other organizations responsible for providing research, engineering, and […]

Yaffee: Russian nukes in space? Another reason Space Command should come to Huntsville

Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, called on the Biden administration to declassify information about “grave national security threats.” Comment from the chairman @RepMikeTurner: pic.twitter.com/OA9yJuEPlf — House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) February 14, 2024 it is report The threat is said to be linked to Russia, which wants to deploy […]