We have observed the rotational spectrum of alanine using our Stark-modulated free-expansion jet spectrometer. Spectra arising from two different conformers have been identified and analyzed, yielding the following two sets of spectroscopic constants (MHz): (x) A = 5066.1332(91), B = 3100.9368(66), C = 2264.0428(92); (y) A = 4973.0600(64), B = 3228.3220(99), C = 2307.821(15). Dipole moment components have also been determined from the Stark effect. Species x has been identified with conformer I and y with conformer III (see Figure 2). These are the two conformers corresponding to those previously identified for glycine. We estimate their relative abundances in the expanding plume to be about 8:1 in favor of I.