Submitted to AlaDefense.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama’s Sen. Katie Britt today joined NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and several lawmakers to talk to the four Artemis II astronauts ahead of their re-entry to Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft, Integrity, launched on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket designed, managed, and engineered in Huntsville. This is the first…

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Turner: U.S. Space Command serves a critical need in defense of our country, and we should never forget that core mission and the dedicated service of those filling the role. (Photo/DOD) COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected] While many in Alabama are busy with local-effect logistics such as jobs and infrastructure regarding the transition of U.S.…

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An illustration released previously by the Air Force shows one example of what the new Space Command Headquarters in Huntsville could look like. (Editor’s note: This story, originally published March 25, 2026, was updated following the full Senate Armed Services Committee briefing held the next day. The additional comments are posted below.) By Troy Turner…

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By Troy Turner [email protected] It was 212 years ago when Gen. Andrew Jackson led his American infantry troops and Tennessee volunteers into Alabama and what is now Tallapoosa County. Here, he engaged in combat with the Creek Nation warriors who were hostile to white settlers taking their land and had become allies with the British…

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