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Brooks salutes the Apollo program

Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, spoke on the floor of the  House of Representatives Wednesday to celebrate, “The 50th anniversary of one of mankind’s, and America’s, greatest achievements: walking on the surface of the Moon.” “Even now, 50 years after watching the Moon landing, I get chills remembering when Apollo astronauts landed and later planted the … Continued
July 19, 2019

Ivey said “world stood still” when man first walked on the moon

Tuesday night, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey was at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville to honor the engineers, scientists, and astronauts whose work helped take Apollo 11 to the moon in 1969. Ivey said that we are here in celebration of not only America’s achievement but Alabama’s role in accomplishing that goal. “I … Continued
July 17, 2019

Space and Alabama go hand-in-hand

I am so pleased that Vice President Mike Pence has chosen Huntsville to host the National Space Council on Tuesday. The purpose of this gathering – in the shadow of the Saturn V rocket, which was developed right here in Alabama – is to discuss the future of American human spaceflight that is so appropriate … Continued
March 25, 2019