Huntsville is nicknamed The Rocket City for its close history with U.S. space missions. The city remains the center of rocket-propulsion research in the U.S. with many aerospace and defense ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Pathfinder Shuttle will return atop the external tank at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center after restoration. The shuttle will take around three days to reinstall at ...

'Returning Pathfinder to the shuttle stack after an extensive restoration process is a major milestone.' Pathfinder is back in its "space," three and a half years after it "landed" on Earth.

Weather permitting, crews are scheduled to offload flight hardware from Pegasus on Friday and Saturday before the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A nearly 50-year-old mockup that was part of the space shuttle development project is being reassembled for display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Two huge cranes lifted ...

From the big peach water tower in Clanton or to the Vulcan towering over Birmingham, these are Alabama landmarks we can’t imagine our state without.

"As we get new pieces of hardware coming in, it helps us ... Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Aug. 21 for transport to KSC. Czech said the LVSA will be fitted between the top of the ...