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Pentagon announces six finalists as locations for US Space Command headquarters
The park at Cape Canaveral, Fla. showcases several pieces of equipment that were monumental to the development of Air Force Space Command. Here, 216 photos captured over a 90 minute period are layered over one another, making the star trails come to life. <br>David Salanitri/U.S. Air Force
The park at Cape Canaveral, Fla. showcases several pieces of equipment that were monumental to the development of Air Force Space Command. Here, 216 photos captured over a 90 minute period are layered over one another, making the star trails come to life. <br>David Salanitri/U.S. Air Force

The Pentagon has narrowed its choices on the permanent headquarters location for U.S. Space Command to six finalists, Air Force officials announced Thursday. A final decision is expected in early 2021.

Gate 12A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2017. <br>Michelle Gigante/U.S. Air Force
Gate 12A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2017. <br>Michelle Gigante/U.S. Air Force

General confirms Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will get Space Intelligence center

Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations at U.S. Space Force, has confirmed that a new National Space Intelligence Center will be located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters United States Space Force, addresses the audience during her promotion ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 3, 2020. <br>Idalí Beltré Acevedo/U.S. Space Force
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters United States Space Force, addresses the audience during her promotion ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 3, 2020. <br>Idalí Beltré Acevedo/U.S. Space Force

'We are the center of space operations': Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt takes charge of unit at Vandenberg

The ceremony comes as the U.S. transitions into a new presidency and following SpaceX's launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday.

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Episode seven: Revisiting the use of the military amid election-related chaos

Uncertainty over the result of this week's presidential election has given way to legal action, demonstrations and even violence. In this tense time, the Military Matters podcast looks back at interviews from of last season's episodes on the use of the military to handle episodes of civil unrest.

An AFRL-provided graphic for the CHPS program, a flight experiment meant to monitor orbit of Earth all the way to the moon. <br>Air Force Research Lab
An AFRL-provided graphic for the CHPS program, a flight experiment meant to monitor orbit of Earth all the way to the moon. <br>Air Force Research Lab

Air Force Research Lab project will help ensure return to the moon is safe

The Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) held a competition to select a set of flight experiments, and one of those experiments will involve tracking objects between the Earth and the moon.

NASA Astronaut Col. Michael S. Hopkins, a veteran of Expedition 37/38 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2013-2014, is currently part of the team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., that is designing launch, docking and reentry procedures and communications for the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, one of the commercial launch vehicles NASA will begin testing next year for use to transport six-astronaut crews to and from the ISS. <br>J.M. Eddins Jr./U.S. Air Force
NASA Astronaut Col. Michael S. Hopkins, a veteran of Expedition 37/38 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2013-2014, is currently part of the team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., that is designing launch, docking and reentry procedures and communications for the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, one of the commercial launch vehicles NASA will begin testing next year for use to transport six-astronaut crews to and from the ISS. <br>J.M. Eddins Jr./U.S. Air Force

Air Force colonel to become first astronaut to join Space Force

The Space Force will soon have its first astronaut when an Air Force colonel joins the newest military service in a ceremony planned during his upcoming space mission, a Space Force official said Monday.

Air Force 1st Lt. Rio Sarmiento was set to make history in mid-August when she boarded the amphibious assault ship USS America in Japan and headed out to sea with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. She transferred from the Air Force Space Command, she said, to be among the first to wear the Space Force patch.<br>Matt Burke/Stars and Stripes
Air Force 1st Lt. Rio Sarmiento was set to make history in mid-August when she boarded the amphibious assault ship USS America in Japan and headed out to sea with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. She transferred from the Air Force Space Command, she said, to be among the first to wear the Space Force patch.<br>Matt Burke/Stars and Stripes

Air Force Academy grad becomes first Space Force liaison officer on MEU deployment

Air Force 1st Lt. Rio Sarmiento was set to make history in mid-August when she boarded the amphibious assault ship USS America in Japan and headed out to sea with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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