"Space sector is humming in Huntsville, Alabama"

[Steve Stinson]

State Fight: Space sector is humming in Huntsville, Alabama

by Debra Werner — February 18, 2022

Rocket city doesn’t intend to give up its title.

“Huntsville will continue to be a really important place for space in many regards, obviously on the propulsion and launch vehicles side of the house,” said Mike Ward, Huntsville Chamber of Commerce senior vice president for government and public affairs.

Huntsville is home to a Blue Origin engine production facility, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s rocket propulsion manufacturing facility and Dynetics work on NASA, U.S. military and commercial space programs. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center manages the Space Launch System and coordinates International Space Station experiments from Huntsville. Local employees also develop space station environmental support systems, manufacture space modules and perform space-based research.

“All of those things make Huntsville relevant today and relevant tomorrow,” Ward said.

In nearby Decatur, Alabama, United Launch Alliance manufactures Atlas, Delta and Vulcan Centaur rockets. Also nearby is U.S. Army missile development and testing at Redstone Arsenal.

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