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The U.S. Space Force is the 6th independent U.S. military service branch, tasked with missions and operations in the rapidly evolving space domain. As of June 2020, its headquarters has yet to be announced.
Space Force was signed into law Dec. 20, 2019 as part of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. SpaceForce.mil went live shortly thereafter.
On June 18, 2018, President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to begin planning for a Space Force. The U.S. Space Force would be the first new military service in more than 70 years, following the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1947.
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Roger Towberman vividly remembers selling his 1976 Pontiac Catalina. The one he’d curl up in for a couple of hours of sleep each night as he panhandled and chased the dreams of a musician decades earlier. The one he’d traded to a gas station attendant for a hot dinner, shower tokens and a duffel bag to haul his belongings after
ORLANDO, Fla. — United Launch Alliance managed what was only its second launch of the year, sending up an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday morning. The rocket featuring its most powerful configuration with five solid rocket boosters lifted off at 8:47 a.m. from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 on a mission for the National
After the Space Force’s top officer criticized the service’s mission statement this past May, Guardians weighed in. Now, the service has a new one. In a press release Wednesday, the Space Force said its new mission statement is: “secure our nation’s interests in, from, and to space.” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, in a May memo, called the
The Space Force has enlisted 16 new Guardians who will start the service’s own honor guard program, one of the major public-facing units that advertises the branch’s values and presence. This week, 16 Guardians were enlisted and “intentionally boarded and selected to serve as the program’s initial cadre,” the service said in a Thursday press release. “The Space Force has
More than 6,000 Garmin smartwatches will be distributed to Space Force Guardians as the service tests how it can use wearable fitness technology for its new fitness program, according to the company. In May, the Space Force, which is part of the Department of the Air Force, announced it would conduct a two-year testing period with the Air Force Research
Air Force and Space Force leaders are being called to testify publicly before Congress as an outraged House chairman investigates the decision to keep the U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado rather than moving it to his home state of Alabama. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., announced Tuesday that he has invited Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall,
The speech included talking points about national defense and immigration enforcement. But the one line that generated spontaneous applause Wednesday concerned Space Command as Congressman Dale Strong addressed about 1,000 community and business leaders at a Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce luncheon. “Stay tuned because this process is not over by a long shot,” Strong said. And the applause immediately rippled across the Von
A new bipartisan bill is aiming to allow Air Force veterans who served in space operations the opportunity to become legacy Space Force Guardians, in an effort to recognize past service members’ contributions to creating the newest military branch. The bill, titled the Space Force Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, inspired language that was added to the House’s version of the
Airmen and Space Force Guardians can now request a mental health referral from their superiors and will be connected with a medical professional within one day under the Brandon Act. The act was signed into law in December 2021 after a 21-year-old sailor died from suicide. The Department of the Air Force has now implemented the law — the latest
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