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If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. A Pegasus rocket underneath its L-1011 carrier jet takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, before a 2013 launch. Credit: NASA The U.S. Space Force is planning for an airborne launch of a solid-fueled Pegasus rocket over the Pacific Ocean by early summer after quietly awarding Northrop Grumman a contract for the mission last year. The Pegasus rocket...

Blake DeVine / NC3 Members of Vandenberg Air Force Base paid a special visit to World War II veteran Ellwood Paul (white hat) on his 100th birthday. GOLETA, Calif. — It's not every day a man turns 100-years-old. Today Ellwood Paul believed that only a few family members would showup to his birthday celebration at Mariposa at Ellwood Shores in Goleta. However, the World War II veteran got much more than he initially expected, as members of Vandenberg Air Force Base paid him a special visit. Col. David Rickards, director of staff for the 30th Space Wing ensured that Paul’s big day was extra...

Just up range from where another Falcon 9 shot off the launchpad a few days ago, SpaceX is preparing for its second launch within a week carrying more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.

SpaceX is targeting an early morning launch of the 22nd batch of 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband internet network.

Some Complain After Air Force Base CO Lifts Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Personnel Only Col. Jessica Spitler, 30th Medical Group commander and Senior Airman Dakota Orozco-Garcia, 30th MDG member, receive their vaccinations against COVD-19 during Operation Fight Back Jan. 6 2021, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Michael Peterson/U.S. Space Force) 11 Mar 2021 The COVID-19 vaccine may not be mandatory for military personnel, but service members and employees at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, are finding that their freedoms will remain curtailed as long as they aren't vaccinated. ...