In 2019, then-President Donald Trump did something that hadn't happened in over seven decades: he formed a new branch of the United States military. The U.S. Space Force launched, taking much of its ...

The U.S. Space Force has reached a crucial milestone, one that modernizes and enhances the command and control capabilities of the Defense Department's space wing. Nearly eight months after awarding ...

Rocket Lab quietly launched a small satellite from New Zealand on Friday in a high-flying military exercise to test the US Space Force’s ability to rapidly respond to a crisis in low-Earth orbit.

In 2018, Vice President and National Space Council Chair Mike Pence heralded a new era of “American dominance in space,” which would be led by a new U.S. Space Force. The service, eventually ...

Space Base Delta 1 headquarters building at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Keefer Patterson WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is moving to modernize the ...

The U.S. Space Force is looking for advanced tech for space-based interceptors that can intercept ballistic missiles during their boost phase. Shown here, a view of Earth from the space shuttle ...

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The Space Force is interested in two new anti-satellite weapons: the “Meadowlands” and the “Remote Monitor Terminal,” both of which are built to jam enemy satellite communications. The sixth and ...

The U.S. Space Force completes its sixth year as it seeks to secure U.S. interests in space. Space Force Guardians prepare to take part in “Resolute Space 25” on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in ...

U.S. Space Force Senior Master Sgt. Brandi Gonzalez walks the Hap Arnold hallway while wearing the branch’s Service Dress Uniform at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Aug. 22, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo ...