Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base in Huntsville, Alabama, that plays a significant role in the space industry due to its history in rocketry and its current hosting of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). MSFC, the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center, was created out of the old Redstone Arsenal on July 1, 1960. Redstone Arsenal supports NASA's exploration and science missions. Key partners include NASA, the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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The Air Force completed a study on the environmental impact of locating Space Command at Redstone Arsenal last month.
SpaceLink signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, on 2022-08-08.
The Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites will be operated from SDA’s Operations and Integration Centers at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota and Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
The decision to select Redstone Arsenal as the preferred location for U.S. Space Command headquarters in January 2021 has been challenged by Colorado lawmakers.
The Department of the Air Force released a draft environmental assessment on July 13 stating that the proposed relocation of U.S. Space Command to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, would have no significant impacts on the human or natural environment.
From early March 2020 through January 2021 the Air Force implemented a revised basing process at the direction of then Secretary of Defense Mark Esper that culminated in the selection of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
The January 2021 selection of Redstone Arsenal as the preferred location for U.S. Space Command headquarters was made using methods GAO determined are inconsistent with federal best practices for basing decisions.
Senator Tommy Tuberville stated that the Air Force's process leading to the selection of Redstone Arsenal was solid and based on objective factors.
U.S. Army missile development and testing occurs at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville.
An 2021-08-20 al.com interview attributes the quote 'Space force – I sent to Alabama' to former President Donald Trump and indicates he directed the move to Redstone Arsenal.
Lawmakers asked the Department of the Air Force for an estimate of the cost to build a new U.S. Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
Colorado’s congressional delegation increased advocacy after the Air Force announced in January that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was selected as the home of U.S. Space Command headquarters.
On 2021-04-21, Gen. James Dickinson testified to the House Armed Services Committee subcommittee on strategic forces that U.S. Space Command could continue to perform its mission without major disruption if its headquarters relocated to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
SDA will operate Tranche 1 mission operations centers at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota and Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
Former Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett announced on 2021-01-13 that the Air Force was recommending relocation of U.S. Space Command from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
Rep. Doug Lamborn criticized the U.S. Air Force's recommendation to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Peterson Air Force Base to Redstone Arsenal.
Former Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett recommended on 2021-01-13 that the Air Force relocate U.S. Space Command from Peterson Air Force Base to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Air Force estimates it will take about two years to complete an environmental review of Redstone Arsenal as the new U.S. Space Command headquarters location.
Redstone Arsenal was one of six finalists announced by the Air Force for the new location of U.S. Space Command in November.
On 2021-01-13, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett selected Redstone Arsenal as the future location of U.S. Space Command headquarters one day before stepping down from her post.