​Near the start of the year, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, announced that the Saturn IB rocket that stands off Interstate 65 welcoming people into the state of Alabama will be taken down in 2023 due to the rocket being in a poor condition. While there are plans to hopefully restore or move the rocket elsewhere, it may serve as a reminder that space exploration is not generally associated with Alabama. Florida really gets all the credit with space exploration due to it being the location where the Apollo 11 rocket launched from the Kennedy space center; however that rocket was created in Huntsville, Alabama, and was one of the most important innovations in human history as it put the first humans on the moon.

Springtime in Alabama can be defined by rainy weather, fair temperatures, humidity, and also tornadoes. While most associate tornadoes with the infamous Tornado Alley that stretches across the Great Plains, there is a little lesser known tornado prone region called Dixie Alley, which includes Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama.