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Pentagon team tours Peterson AFB as decision on US Space Command location looms Colorado Springs is one of six finalists competing to be permanent home ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DECISIONS IN DECADES FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO... EXPECTED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO... THAT COULD MAKE COLORADO SPRINGS THE PERMANENT HOME OF U.S. SPACE COMMAND and last updated 2021-01-06 09:36:15-05 COLORADO SPRINGS — One of the most significant economic decisions in decades for Southern Colorado is expected...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Albuquerque’s pitch to bring U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Kirtland Air Force Base is well worth the effort and supported by many factors that make KAFB the perfect home for U.S. Space Command. The strong operational, defense and security-related points are strongly in our favor, but maybe str...

"I will be very curious to see how the Space Force shakes out in the next year or so. Its not going away but how it manifests itself could be different," said Victoria Samson, Washington Office director for Secure World Foundation. By   Theresa Hitchens on December 31, 2020 at 2:49 PM

The missions will help us understand the Sun and Earth as an interconnected system. Author: Brandon Moseley alreporter.com Updated: 10:57 AM CST January 1, 2021 WASHINGTON — NASA announced Tuesday that it has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth. NASA said in a statement that together, NASA’s contribution to the Extreme Ultraviolet High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope Epsilon Mission, or ...

Diver Rich Rotte cleans the corral at the About 600 tropical fish were released into their new home, a 16,000 gallon aquarium at the Scheel’s All Sports under construction in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. The sporting goods superstar is set to open in late March. Divers will go into the tank four times a week to clean the aquarium. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) JERILEE BENNETT THE GAZETTE Courtesy of The Broadmoor Stacy and Witbeck crews work on completing one of three ...

Colorado has gone all-in to win U.S. Space Command while racking up a track record for military support unrivaled in America. The decision on whether Colorado Springs will be the permanent home of the new command is due soon. And the city will have to figure out what comes next. It will be hard to top 2020. From Colorados tennis-shoe clad governor hopping on Air Force One to personally lobby President Donald Trump to locals by the score writing the Pentagon to express support for keeping Space ...

It’s been a grim year for San Antonians, much less the world. The pandemic has cost an enormous number of lives, wreaked economic havoc, isolated families and loved ones, and dramatically shifted how we work and live. While the arrival of vaccines offers us hope for change in the coming months, the devastation from the public health and social dislocations of the coronavirus are likely to linger far beyond, perhaps for years. Yet, even as our political and civic leaders appear to have on...

Monycka Snowbird, left, argues against keeping the Cheyenne Mountain Indians mascot with a supporter, who declined to give her name, outside the Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 board work session in the fall of 2020. Snowbird and the other indigenous people who attended the protest felt the mascot is racists against their heritage. Supporters of the mascot said the Indians mascot was an honor and full of school tradition. About 50 people lined the street outside the school district’s adm...

New in 2021: Space Command gets a new home December 31, 2020 The United Launch Alliance prepares the Delta IV rocket Wideband Global SATCOM WGS-10 satellite at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Complex 37 on March 15, 2019. The Air Force expects to select a location to serve as Space Commands new headquarters in early 2021. (Airman 1st Class Dalton Williams/Air Force) The new home for U.S. Space Command’s headquarters is expected to be named in early 2021. The Department of the Air...

Public domain United States Space Command emblem U.S. defense officials are looking for the right place for military space operations to touch down. Last month, six finalist locations were named as potential homes for U.S. Space Command headquarters. They include bases in Colorado, Alabama, Nebraska, New Mexico, Florida and Texas – San Antonio. Does Military City USA have what it takes to host the military’s newest command? Sandra Erwin, a staff writer for Space News – Military, told Texa...