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ALBUQUERQUE — On Wednesday afternoon, Air Force officials announced the location of the permanent headquarters for the United States Space Command. Unfortunately, New Mexico’s Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) was not chosen. Sherman McCorkle, board member of the Kirtland Partnership Committee, told the Daily Lobo that Alabama’s Redsto...
U.S. Space Command leaving Colorado, governor calls it 'politically motivated' move by Trump Space Command and last updated 2021-01-13 17:01:49-05 DENVER â U.S. Space Command is reportedly leaving Colorado Springs for Alabama in what Gov. Jared Polis is calling a "politically motivated" move by outgoing President Trump. Polis in a statement said Trump overruled recommendations to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs, saying the president's decision was "deeply concerning." U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, called the move a "horrendous decision" and saying it will "materially...
UPDATE: During a half-hour news conference Jan. 13, Mayor John Suthers labeled the decision to move Space Command to Huntsville, Alabama, a political move to reward loyalists of the president. The President supported Tommy Tuberville in a primary race against his former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who he viewed as disloyal for recusing himself from the Russia investigation. Tuberville defeated Sessions. He also voted in objection to counting electoral votes in Pennsylvania and Arizona, in compliance with the president's wishes, Suthers said. "Bottom line," he said, "There are signific...
Alabama lands permanent headquarters for US Space Force over Florida Space Coast Jim Turner, News Service of Florida © MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY New signs at the South Gate of U.S. Space Force Patrick Space Force Base, formerly Patrick Air Force Base. TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Space Force’s permanent command headquarters will touch down in Alabama’s Huntsville Redstone Arsenal area rather than Florida’s Space Coast. U.S. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett’s decision to locate the headquarters in Alabama was made official Wednesday, after Patrick Space Force Base ...
Floridaâs space industry thrived under Trump. What does Biden have planned? The Space Coast is buzzing after a record number of launches, the first manned commercial flight and $1 billion investment by Jeff Bezosâ Blue Origins. But Biden will confront challenges as well. Â Â The SpaceX Falcon 9 and the Crew Dragon capsule, with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley onboard, lifts off Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. [ CHRIS O'MEARA | AP ] Updated Jan. 14 The SpaceX Dragon vessel that splashed down near Tampa Bay on Wednesday marke...