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    Dr. Frank Rubio, NASA astronaut and United States Army Col.

    UAH Distinguished Lecture Series hosts Frank Rubio, record-holder for longest single-duration spaceflight of any U.S. astronaut

    Oct 03, 2025

    Dr. Frank Rubio, NASA astronaut and United States Army Col., was hosted as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). ...


    Cadis Ammons, center, a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity’s Theta Pi chapter at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, holds the 2025 Thomas Arkle Clark Award. Surrounding him at the award ceremony, are family members and friends who have become like family to him: from left to right, Rick Ammons, paternal grandfather; Matthew Ammons, father; Nash Ammons, brother; Brenda Ammons, paternal grandmother; Cadis Ammons; Season Ammons, mother; Jackie Head, maternal grandmother; Jill March and Andy March, church family, and Caleb March and Avery March, ATO brothers and church family. The TAC Award was presented at the annual ATO National Award Celebration (NAC 2025) in Miami.

    UAH ATO brother Cadis Ammons receives outstanding senior award from national fraternity

    Aug 20, 2025

    Cadis Ammons, center, a member of the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity’s Theta Pi chapter at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), holds the 2025 Thomas Arkle Clark (TAC) Award. ...


    UAH student group set to launch new instrument payload on NASA rocket to study harnessing reentry heat and converting it to electrical energy

    UAH student group set to launch new instrument payload on NASA rocket to study harnessing reentry heat and converting it to electrical energy

    Jul 29, 2025

    The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is set to send a new payload into space, a follow-up to the successful launch and retrieval of a previous Terminus payload in Aug. 2024. ...


    Dr. Robert Frederick, director of the UAH Propulsion Research Center, presents Dr. John Blevins with a flag that was flown around the moon on the Artemis I mission.

    UAH alumnus John Blevins receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, premier award for career federal employees

    Jul 21, 2025

    Dr. John Blevins, an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, or “Sammie,” considered the highest honor for career federal employees. ...


    Patrick Porter, Vice President, Flight Test and Flight Operations at Honda Aircraft Company; Clay Mowry, AIAA CEO and President of the International Astronautical Federation; Claude Blue, UAH aerospace engineering student, Research Lead of STARGATE project and President of Electric Propulsion Club, NASA Space Grant Scholar Jeffrey King, current STARGATE Chief Electrical Engineer and former Navy nuclear electrician; and Kurt Polzin, Chief Engineer - NASA’s Space Nuclear Propulsion Project

    UAH student group Electric Propulsion Club wins first place at 2025 AIAA conference for new satellite propulsion system

    Jul 09, 2025

    The Electric Propulsion Club at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) won first place at the 2025 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Conference Region II Student Conference in Raleigh, N.C. ...


    Four of the nine UAH recipients of national scholarships and fellowships in the spring 2025 semester stand beside their advisor on the lawn in front of Frank Franz Hall, home of The University of Alabama in Huntsville Honors College

    UAH students receive prestigious national scholarships, fellowships in spring 2025

    Jul 07, 2025

    Nine undergraduate and graduate students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) received national scholarships and fellowships during the spring 2025 semester. ...


    Successful launch of UAH Pegasus rocket near Marshall Space Flight Center.

    UAH student team places third in 25th NASA Student Launch Challenge

    Jun 26, 2025

    A student team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, placed third in the 2025 NASA Student Launch Challenge – University Student Launch Initiative (USLI). ...


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    Alabama Space Grant Consortium names scholarship, fellowship winners for 2025-2026

    Jun 02, 2025

    The Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) has announced the recipients of its 2025-26 scholarships and fellowships. ASGC is located on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System. ...


    NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) student teams from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) from the Dominican Republic pose together

    UAH HERC team hosts Dominican Republic team, bonding through outreach, friendship in NASA rover competition

    May 28, 2025

    The Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recently hosted the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) from the Dominican Republic (DR) during NASA’s 2025 Human Exploration Rover Chal...


    12 desk plaques to 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments at UAH in recognition of patents issued in the past year.

    UAH recognizes 11 inventors who received 9 patent awards during 2024-2025 year

    May 22, 2025

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honored the significant achievements of 11 inventors from two colleges and four departments who have been awarded patents during the past year. ...


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