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Micromoon Alabama News
Rare micromoon to peak overnight

A rare micromoon will be visible this weekend and it won’t be back until 2028.

NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Alabama News
Artemis II blasts into deep space for historic test flight around the moon

The crew of Artemis II reported a nice flight and precise launch on Wednesday as they ascended into the historic lunar mission.

Planetary parade. Eight planets set to align. stock photo Alabama News
Last night of February is last night to see alignment of planets

Go outside on Friday night after sundown. Look to the west. You can see five to seven planets.

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World’s most powerful rocket booster test fired

The world’s most powerful rocket booster was successfully test fired for more than two minutes at a Promontory, Utah test site Thursday.

Webb Space Telescope image Alabama News
NASA releases first image from James Webb Space Telescope

"Webb's First Deep Field is not only the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope, it’s the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe, so far,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp Celebrates 40 Years

This year is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp’s 40th anniversary.

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Near-total eclipse visible in North America before daybreak Friday

By Erica Thomas, Managing Editor The longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years will occur early on Friday, Nov. 19. The Beaver Moon...

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First 3D images of Jupiter thanks to probe launched by Alabama company

By Jim McDade Jupiter is both the largest and the oldest of the known planets within our solar system. According to Juno Program Scientist...

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America’s ‘Next Giant Leap’ from Alabama: NASA’s most powerful rocket ever built

By Jim McDade Beginning in 1958, Redstone Arsenal Army engineers in Huntsville were the pioneering rocketeers that America turned to...