It has been nearly six years since the United States Space Force was established, when President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 into law. The sixth and ...

The USSF-87 mission marked the Vulcan rocket’s second launch under the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, program.

The new Space Force command focuses on terrestrial and orbital defenses over the United States proper, as well as Canada and ...

The length of the mission wasn't disclosed, but a previous flight lasted years. A not-so-secret, secret reusable spaceplane operated by the United States Space Force is scheduled to lift off for its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on defense, strategy, the profession of arms, and aerospace. President Trump’s declaration of a potential increase in U.S.

United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that ...

New amendments added to Congress' must-pass annual defense policy bill would allow the Space Force to take over certain state-controlled Air National Guard space units -- despite protests from every ...

Researchers have been asking this question for more than 70 years, over a decade before people even made it to space. This ...

On December 20, 2019, I established the United States Space Force—America’s Guardians of the High Frontier—as the sixth branch of our Armed Forces. Today, our Nation thanks the incredible Guardians ...

Applications have opened for certain Air Force reservists to join the Space Force under its new one-of-a-kind, part-time service model, but advocates for a Space National Guard have pointed out the ...

Space Base Delta 1 headquarters building at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Keefer Patterson WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is moving to modernize the ...