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  • Leaders discuss Space Command missions at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.

    Leaders share Space Command missions with NASA administrator

    SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command deputy commander, hosts Pam Melroy, NASA deputy administrator, at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, April 7, 2022. During the visit, Melroy met with leaders from USSPACECOM and Joint Task Force-Space Defense to discuss the command’s and its
  • Col. Hague talking about his space experience

    USSF Astronaut will discuss trauma, resiliency on Wingman Day

    U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague, NASA astronaut, will discuss resilience and recovering from stressful events on Wingman Day at the Peterson Hub and Schriever auditorium in Bldg. 300, April 29, 2022.
  • U.S. Space Force Col. Mike Hopkins, NASA astronaut, reminisces about a space selfie he captured while performing a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station during a presentation at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Jan. 25, 2022. Hopkins, who most recently commanded Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon and served as flight engineer for Expedition 64 to the ISS, shared stories from his two missions to the ISS. (U.S. Space Force photo by Paul Honnick)

    NASA Astronaut Hopkins visits Peterson and Schriever

    U.S. Space Force Col. Mike Hopkins, NASA astronaut, treated personnel at Peterson Space Force Base and Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, to an out-of-this-world visit Jan. 25-26, 2022.
  • Jeff Efron (left) and Craig Diamantopoulos (middle), both space operations contractors from the Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) operations directorate, look over past NASA recovery mission briefing books with Maj. Kyle Wamser, CFSCC chief of human space flight support on Dec. 7, 2020, at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Wamser and his team most recently prepared these books for the CFSCC commander prior to the launch of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-1 ‘Resilience’ Capsule on Nov. 16, 2020, where a crew of three Americans and one Japanese astronaut launched to the International Space Station. The briefing outlines the plan for astronaut rescue operations if an emergency arises and the astronauts make an unexpected landing anywhere in the world. The CFSCC commander oversees joint and multinational military support from Vandenberg AFB and is the final authority for rescue mission execution. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mae-Li Allison)

    From space traffic monitoring to human space flight rescue, Vandenberg units provide integral support to NASA missions

    Since 1958, the Department of Defense has provided human space flight support to NASA. This legacy of partnership and support continues today, and has grown to include a wide joint and international military presence. At Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) and its subunit the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) provide a variety of support to NASA missions, while also exemplifying how partnering with other military services and allies can benefit all.
  • The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27, 2019. The X-37B OTV is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy photo)

    X-37B breaks record, lands after 780 days in orbit

    The spaceplane conducted on-orbit experiments for 780 days during its mission, recently breaking its own record by being in orbit for more than two years. As of today, the total number of days spent on-orbit for the entire test vehicle program is 2,865 days.
  • Fireworks behind a C-130J Super Hercules

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • STPSAT-5 launch

    STPSat-5 successfully launched from Vandenberg AFB

    The Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched Space Test Program Satellite 5, or STPSat-5, into orbit via Spaceflight Industries’ fully dedicated smallsat rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Dec. 3 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 10:34 a.m. PST.
  • NASA announcement

    NASA assigns crews to first test flights, missions on commercial spacecraft

    NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station – an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011.
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    AFSPC unveils tribute to astronaut Airmen

    A group of astronaut Airmen along with Gen. Jay Raymond, Air Force Space Command commander, unveiled a new heritage display at AFSPC headquarters here, Nov. 13, 2017.
  • NASA astronaut inspires Schriever Airmen

    NASA astronaut inspires Schriever Airmen

    Col. Jack Fischer, NASA astronaut, met with more than 70 Schriever Airmen and family members at the event center Nov. 13.
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