Mission Briefings: News

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger says when she was a youngster, she wrote an essay as part of a contest. She had hoped to win a trip to Space Camp, but her essay came in second place and Dottie says all she got was a t-shirt.

Latest IMAX® Space Adventure Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio Opens March 19

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Alabama Tourism Department has once again identified the U.S. Space & Rocket Center as Alabama's number one tourist attraction among those who charge an admission.

WASHINGTON -- More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10.

Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger will speak at Medal of Honor Gala in Huntsville
By Mary Anne Swanstrom, Huntsville Times
March 07, 2010, 7:20AM

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- A national aviation hero will land in Huntsville this summer to receive a prestigious honor as he shares his regard for a unique brigade of American heroes.

NASA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS EDUCATION OUTREACH DURING NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT

Next mission includes SPACE CAMP grad and SPACE CAMP Hall of Fame member, teacher turned astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger

HOUSTON, MARCH 5, 2010 -- NASA will highlight the educational activities planned on
the next space shuttle mission during a news briefing at 12 p.m. CDT,

HUNTSVILLE, AL - Anousheh Ansari, the world's first female "space tourist," along with noted author and retired NASA rocket scientist Homer Hickam, will be at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's Davidson Center for Space Exploration on Saturday, February 27, at 6:00 P.M.

Company Sending 160 Students from 20 Countries and 28 U.S. States and Territories to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL for “Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy”

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- He's the man who made it possible for us to get a close-up look at Saturn's rings. He showed us details of the violent storms on Jupiter and revealed volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon, Io. He spent much of his career guiding the tiny Voyager spacecraft through our solar system revealing sights, and even sounds, never before available. He is Dr.

Reprinted from The Redstone Rocket
By KARI HAWKINS
Staff writer
kari.hawkins@us.army.mil

Military stars will fall on Huntsville in August.