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I am a reporter for The Alabama Media Group, @aldotcom. Love space, science, telling stories.

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@acvollers Sigh

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NASA says Blue Origin will build the second lander to take astronauts to the lunar surface. It is called “Blue Moon”

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And we’re off: Large crowd in Huntsville to see Undersecretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo brief on progress so far toward the Army of 2030. @ the Global Force Symposium & Exposition.

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Getting a Birmingham breakfast today Demetri’s. I picked the pancakes. Good call?

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@SarahLena Might see your machine vendor. My machine shoots so much air into my nose that opening my mouth at the same time doesn’t really work. Not sure I’m explaining that right but I think a check in is a good idea.

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@LandTrustNAL Outstanding! Great day.

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via ⁦@nytimes⁩ Kenneth Chang shows again why he’s the best in this overview of what the SLS launch means for NASA and all the players in space world today. Great work. https://t.co/cWipGONw8Q

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@henrythornton Just in our city?

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@indyfromspace Paxlovid rebound was real at our house, too. My wife got COVID, I got COVID, our docs prescribed P at our request, I got better, she got better and then she got rebound P. Mild case second time around. Hope he recovers easily.

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The review of Space Command's HQ move to Alabama has four more steps to go. Here they are, and here's what the HQ might look like on Redstone Arsenal. https://t.co/qMl0FhlTW4

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The review by the Air Force Inspector General's Office said it found the process Air Force officials used to select Huntsville as the preferred permanent location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters (USSPACECOM HQ) "complied with law and policy, and was reasonable.

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A key Pentagon review has found no cause to overturn the Air Force process that would lead to moving U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Huntsville.

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This is … I don’t even have the word for it.

[XR Cambridge @xr_cambridge]

A NASA climate scientist gets arrested alongside hundreds of scientists across the world in a desperate plea to avert climate catastrophe and he doesn't get one call from a journalist. Reality as always proving stranger than fiction.

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News from Cape Canaveral just now. "Due the vent valve issue, the launch director has called off the test for the day."

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It’s a mobile launcher issue, NASA says. Dress rehearsal could be tomorrow. Briefing later today. #rocketscienceishard.

[NASA @NASA]

For safety, we've stopped the #Artemis I wet dress rehearsal. Teams are meeting now to assess next steps. We are looking at Monday, April 4 as the next opportunity to resume operations, and will have a media briefing later today. Check here for updates. https://t.co/pweviGRjwg

[Paul Gattis @paul_gattis]

Huntsville being Huntsville again ...
https://t.co/cEhIQrDHTR

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NASA said today that the Webb space telescope's optics have tested very well and will 'meet or exceed the science goals' for the telescope. Get ready to see what no one has ever seen before. @NASA_Marshall @NASAWebb
https://t.co/Dyy5AQySbo

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NASA SLS manager John Honeycutt said in Huntsville today that the big new rocket "is not going to come at a cost of $4 billion a shot" despite a recent government audit's prediction that it will. https://t.co/m7VNlg9hrs

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A cybersecurity expert says Russian hackers could target Alabama's federal city of Huntsville. The "Rocket City's" power and Internet grids could be attacked if America keeps the pressure up against the Ukraine invasion, says a University of Alabama in Huntsville professor.