Pentagon’s Department of War rebrand extends to space
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President Trump announced the U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to Alabama, promising jobs and expanded missile defense capabilities.
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Space Command moving to Alabama: What’s the difference between Space Command and Space Force?
President Trump announced Tuesday Space Command headquarters will be moving from Colorado to Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal.
President Donald Trump announced plans to move Space Command's headquarters to Alabama, after former President Joe Biden announced it would stay in Colorado.
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Space Force's X-37B space plane is testing 'Zylon' material to help crew and cargo land on Mars
"We want to look at the effects of long-term exposure to space — as if the Zylon material is going for a potential six- to nine-month mission to Mars."
The Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program, officially launched this summer, marks the military’s first significant attempt to deploy constellations of small satellites in the geostationary belt.
President Donald Trump will move Space Force HQ to Alabama, even though Ohio lawmakers suggested Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as an option.
DARC is designed to track multiple small moving objects in geosynchronous orbit — all around the globe, 24 hours a day.
The first two Vulcan test flights last year used a configuration of the rocket with two strap-on boosters to add an extra burst of speed off the launch pad. For this flight, which the Space Force has named USSF-106, the launcher will fly with four solid rocket boosters made by Northrop Grumman.
It’s unclear how long OTV-8 will last, but if past missions are any indication, the unpiloted plane will remain above the planet for a while. X-37B’s most recent mission launched on December 28, 2023 and returned after 434 days in orbit. Its longest mission (OTV-6) took place from December 28, 2023, to March 7, 2025, and lasted 908 days.
The Space Force’s move comes several months after the Air Force banned similar duty identifier patches for airmen.
President Trump announced Tuesday that US Space Command is relocating to Alabama after former President Joe Biden canceled plans to build Space Force’s headquarters in the Southern state. “I am thrilled to report that the US Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville,
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