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The third fully commercial crew of astronauts is moving aboard NASA’s International Space Station for a fourteen day stay. APR News was invited to take part in the “live” coverage of the launch of the Axiom-3 mission on CBS-TV News in New York City.
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The University of North Alabama has been welcomed into the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, a network of schools that focus on expanding student’s knowledge and participation in space-related fields.
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Today marks a historic anniversary for the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. It was on this date forty years ago that the European Spacelab module blasted off for the first time aboard the Space Shuttle. Marshall managed the twenty foot long science compartment which paved the way for the work done the International Space Station.
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APR's Pat Duggins had the chance to talk with NASA Astronaut Bob Hines. The veteran crew member of the International Space Station's Expedition 67 is only the second University of Alabama graduate to fly in space. Two time Space Shuttle pilot James Kelly is the other. Astronaut Hines is on campus for UA Space Days this week. Duggins began his conversation by asking the NASA veteran what inspired him to pursue a career in space.
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The U.S. Space Program today is marking fifty years since the launch of Skylab, NASA’s first attempt at a space station in low Earth orbit. Alabama played a key role in its development.
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Alabama Public Radio is observing forty years on the air in 2022. The APR news team is diving into our archives to bring you encore airings of the best of our coverage. So far this month, we’ve featured stories with a space theme. July was the month, back in 1969, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Not all of APR’s NASA related coverage has been upbeat. This archive story by Pat Duggins from last year involves a former astronaut and the death of two sisters in Tuscaloosa.
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NASA is gathering stakeholders in the International Space Station to look at the future of the orbiting complex, and potential changes could impact the…
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Three space station astronauts are back on Earth.An American and two Russians landed early Thursday in Kazakhstan after 5½ months aboard the International…