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Doug Parkinson leads SLS launch integration and mission operations at NASA — Nasa.gov

Doug Parkinson leads SLS launch integration and mission operations at NASA

Doug Parkinson serves as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lead for Launch Integration and Mission Operations at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. He guides engineers who monitor the rocket during testing, pre-launch, and launch activities; he joined NASA in 1999 and moved to the SLS program in

NASA completes cold-flow tests of flight-scale reactor unit at Marshall — Nasa.gov

NASA completes cold-flow tests of flight-scale reactor unit at Marshall

NASA has completed a cold-flow test campaign of the first flight reactor engineering development unit since the 1960s at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, advancing nuclear propulsion capabilities for deep space missions. Teams at Marshall conducted more than 100 tests over several months in 2025

Jim McBride, Writer of Alan Jackson Hit 'Chattahoochee,' Dies at 78 — Static01.nyt.com

Jim McBride, Writer of Alan Jackson Hit 'Chattahoochee,' Dies at 78

Jim McBride, an Alabama-born songwriter best known for his long collaboration with Alan Jackson and for co-writing the hit "Chattahoochee," died on Jan. 7 in Huntsville, Ala. He was 78. His son Brent said Mr. McBride died at a hospital from complications of a fall at his home