Tuskegee University joins research partnership

Art Stephenson, left, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., with Robert Sackheim, center, Marshall's assistant director and chief engineer for propulsion, tour Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala., with Dr. Legand L. Burge, Tuskegee's dean of engineering, archicture and physical sciences.

Tuskegee University is now a member of the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Ala., a partnership that includes the Marshall Center, federal agencies, industry and the Alabama Space Science and Technology Alliance -- a group of seven Alabama universities.

Photo credit: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center/Emmett Given

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Art Stephenson, left, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, president of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala., sign an agreement formalizing the addition of Tuskegee — one of the nation's top, predominantly minority research institutions — to the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville. The NSSTC is a partnership that includes the Marshall Center, federal agencies, industry and the Alabama Space Science and Technology Alliance — a group of seven Alabama universities.

Credit: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center/Emmett Given