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The U.S. Space Force will send its first Guardian into space this summer in a mission with other astronauts, NASA announced Wednesday. Space Force Col. Tyler “Nick” Hague will join three other astronauts on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission no earlier than August, headed for the International Space Station (ISS). The team will replace the current…

The U.S. Space Force activated its newest service component for Europe and Africa on Dec. 8, under U.S. European and Africa commands.

SPACEFOREUR-AF is the latest office created to serve warfighting commands around the world.

The Air Force said it “safely terminated” a Minuteman III as it flew over the Pacific Ocean during a test of the unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile due to what officials described as an unexpected anomaly.

The Space Florida board of directors voted Tuesday to approve retired Space Force Col. Robert Long as its next president and CEO with an annual salary of $350,000. That’s a $25,000 bump over retiring Space Florida CEO Frank DiBello, who has been leading the state’s aerospace economic development entity since 2009. “As this meeting wraps up, Robert Long is ready to sign the contract,” said ...

The fatal crash occurred at 6:05 a.m. Friday near Macarthur Circle, a short residential street between Camp Road and Port St. John.

SpaceX boosted more Starlink internet satellites to orbit Thursday setting up the next mission to fly as early as this weekend.

Updates: SpaceXs latest Falcon 9 Starlink launch Thursday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida sent more Starlinks to orbit.

Monday morning, the Space Florida board of directors meeting chose Long over two fellow job finalists during a meeting in Orlando.

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