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May 3, 2021 KEN: Every day we share what’s called the EIB High Note, and today’s EIB High Note is the nighttime splashdown for NASA. Now yesterday, the four-astronaut crew of SpaceX, the Dragon Resilience, returned safely from the international station. They were up there for 168 days. At about 3 a.m., they landed in the Gulf of Mexico. This was the first nighttime return to earth for NASA since Apollo 8, which was the first mission to orbit the Moon in 1968. Like millions of you, Rush was ...

NationofChange Space weaponization “cannot be walked back” “It’s time for arms control planning to address the issues raised by this drift toward militarization of space.” The Hill, the Washington, D.C. news website. Fairlamb knows the weaponization of space issue. His background includes being an International Affairs Specialist for the Army Space and Missile Defense Command and a Military Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State for Political Military Aff...

Advertisement As one of the world’s most technologically advanced societies, Japan is as dependent upon access to space as any country in the world. Much like the United States and Western Europe, the Japanese economy requires spaced-based communications technology to knit together the fabric of its industrial base. Indeed, by some estimates Japan has the fourth most orbital satellites in the world. Although the Japanese Self-Defense Forces do not operate in the same geographic scope as their...

Share this article CULVER CITY, Calif., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Security Space Association (NSSA) was honored to host a celebration of the life, legacy and career of the late General Thomas S. Moorman with a virtual memorial service on April 14, 2021. The service was attended by several hundred nationwide, including several former Air Force Secretaries, Air Force Chiefs and Vice Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Space Command Commanders, and Intelligence Community Senior Executi...

By   Theresa Hitchens on April 21, 2021 at 10:55 AM Gen. David (DT) Thompson WASHINGTON: The Space Force is working to expand acquisition of commercial space services from satellite communications to include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data and analysis, officials say. “Comms, data relay, remote sensing, and even ISR and some other things — [these] capabilities are increasingly available in the commercial market,” Space Force deputy Lt. Gen. DT Thompson told the 2021 ...

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Mar 13, 2021 Back in 2019, the Trump Administration launched Space Force and Congress soon approved redesignating the Air Force Space Command into our sixth military branch. While its creation was both historic and important to President Trump’s legacy, it either was mocked by critics or got little attention from the media. Earlier this week on the FOX News Rundown, General David Thompson, Vice Chief of Space Operations for the United States Space Force, joined host Dave Anthony to discuss t...

Mar 11, 2021 On Wednesday Congress passed its landmark $1.9-trillion coronavirus relief package. The bill which includes $1400 stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment benefits a boost in funding for vaccines is now headed to President Biden’s desk, a huge victory for the President and his administration. Even with the trillions in spending how long will it take before Americans who lost their jobs due to the pandemic can get back to work and how many of their jobs will still exist in a post-CO...

By   Theresa Hitchens on March 11, 2021 at 10:55 AM Satellite operators at the GPS master control center at Schriever AFB WASHINGTON: Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is wrapping up the prototype phase of its ambitious effort to create a common tool kit for routine command and control (C2) of all DoD’s satellites. SMC now aims to have an acquisition strategy ready in time for the fiscal 2023 budget chop, officials say. “We are putting together that formal acquisition strategy,” J...

ADVERTISEMENT “The secretary is planning to have a conversation with Sen. Manchin today. I’m not going to …talk about the details of conversations between the secretary and individual members of Congress,” Defense Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon. Kirby said he did not know of “any other discussions” Austin might have with other members of Congress. Politico first reported that the administration was seeking Manchin’s support, with the White House dir...