UAH BUSINESS OF SPACE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS NASA - BLUE ORIGIN PARTNERSHIP; RESTORED APOLLO TEST STAND CELEBRATES 500TH HOT-FIRE TEST

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 6 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:

Hot-fire test at the historic Apollo Test Stand 4670 on Marshall Space Flight Center.

In an era defined by ambitions to return to the Moon and push onward to Mars, a groundbreaking partnership between NASA and Blue Origin is demonstrating how collaboration between government and industry can strengthen America's space capabilities and accelerate the growth of the commercial space economy. At the center of these efforts is the restoration and reuse of the Apollo-era Test Stand 4670 by Blue Origin at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) - a national treasure reborn for a new generation of exploration. The achievement was the focus o...