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Todd May Appointed Marshall Space Flight Center Director

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, February 1, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden named Todd May as the director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. May was appointed Marshall deputy director in August 2015 and has been serving as acting director since the Nov. 13, 2015 retirement of Patrick Scheuermann. Bolden … Continued
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February 2, 2016

NASA’s SLS Passes Critical Design Review

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, October 23, NASA announced that it’s long awaited human-rated rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) has completed all steps needed to clear a critical design review (CDR).  The SLS is the first vehicle designed to meet the challenges of the journey to Mars and the first exploration … Continued
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October 30, 2015

Marshall Dedicated 55 Years Ago

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On September 8, 1960 the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville was dedicated firmly establishing Alabama in the forefront of space exploration. Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) said in a statement on Facebook, “On this day 55 years ago, President Eisenhower dedicated the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. … Continued
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September 9, 2015

NASA Completes Engine Testing for SLS

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, August 27 the RS-25 engine fired up for a 535-second test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This was the final in a series of seven tests for the development engine, which will provide NASA engineers critical data on the engine controller … Continued
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August 31, 2015

Orion Test Flight is Success

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, December 5 at 7:05 AM NASA launched the Orion spacecraft into orbit for the first time. The short flight into space for the long delayed space shuttle replacement was successful and will allow NASA engineers and scientists to learn more about the Orion capsule before it is … Continued
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December 7, 2014

Space Launch System Passes Review

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter NASA announced on Wednesday, August 27, that the Space Launch System (SLS) has passed a formal review by NASA officials and the program’s progression from formulation to development has been approved to proceed. The SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions. NASA plans … Continued
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August 28, 2014

Space Launch System Engineers Facility Opens in Huntsville

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, August 13, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center held a ribbon cutting event for Marshall’s newest building.  U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R) from Huntsville and U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama were there for the ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA’s Facility for the Space Launch System Program … Continued
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August 19, 2014

Shelby Says that NASA Budget Shows Lack of Commitment

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, May 1st, Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama spoke critically of NASA’s 2015 budget request. Sen. Shelby said, “While the Space Launch System (SLS) is subject to strict and necessary oversight, severe budget cuts will ensure delays and unnecessary cost growth.  At the same time, NASA has … Continued
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May 5, 2014

NASA Powers Up Orion Spacecraft

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, NASA announced in a prepared statement that its first-ever, manned, deep space craft, Orion, has been powered up for the first time. NASA reported that Orion’s avionics system has been installed in the crew module and the ship has been powered up for a series of systems … Continued
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October 31, 2013