The National Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base welcomed not only a new commander but broader responsibilities Friday as the center shifted to a field operating agency under the Space Operations for Intelligence.

SpaceX got back to a quick pace between launches with another Starlink mission from the Space Coast on Thursday using its fleet-leading booster for a record flight.

NAS Sigonella has grown to 1,300 acres and about 40 tenant commands, among them Space Force, Army, Marines and Air Force detachments. The military community of more than 6,000 also includes civilians, service member families and Italian workers.

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft and its crew won’t return to Earth from the International Space Station until sometime in July at the earliest, NASA and Boeing said Friday evening.

According to SpaceX, the company’s Starbase rocket production and testing complex at Boca Chica, Texas, is having a big economic impact, generating more than $800 million in state and local government capital income and indirect business tax revenue.

Vandenberg Space Force Base held a test launch Monday night of an unarmed reentry vehicle meant to eventually be able to deploy a thermonuclear warhead as part of the United States’ next generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

House lawmakers in recent weeks have taken an ax to the Air Force’s controversial proposal to move Air National Guard units with space missions into the Space Force.

The Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile overnight to test the safety and reliability of U.S. nuclear deterrent forces.

New satellite missions backed by NASA, Google, SpaceX, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and other groups were announced this week and promise to advance early wildfire detection and help reduce fire damage by monitoring Earth from above.

Troops in the Air Force and Space Force with dependent family members now receive a daily stipend while attending military training when they spend less than a year at the location and then return to their prior duty station.