The U.S. Space Command staff practices their formation Sept. 9, 2019, before a ceremony to recognize the establishment of Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Colorado ...

In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss sits down with Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, one of the U.S. Space Force’s most influential acquisition leaders and recipient of the SpaceNews Icon Award for ...

Colorado Springs-based defense company Auria does not expect a future relocation of U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Alabama will significantly impact the company’s local operations. It ...

United Launch Alliance may have finally got its Vulcan rocket cleared for national security missions, but the Space Force decided to favor SpaceX for the majority of a batch of newly assigned missions ...

Around this time each year, the US Space Force convenes a Mission Assignment Board to dole out contracts to launch the nation’s most critical national security satellites. The military announced this ...

WAILEA, Hawaii—As the U.S. military waits for major acquisition reform legislation, Space Force officials say their service is ahead of the curve. “We’re anxious to see [the legislation], but I also ...

Illustration of Muon Space's environmental monitoring satellite. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is betting that satellites designed to spot wildfires can also fill critical gaps in military weather ...

A year ago, the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee put the Space Force on notice. The service, they said, was putting too much focus on its operators and not enough on its acquisitions ...

Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) announced on Wednesday that its next Electron launch will deploy the STP-S30 mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command. The company said it is accelerating ...

Participants of U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel ‘25 Capstone event, including international allies like Canada, worked together to solve challenging space scenarios at Vandenberg Space Force Base ...