As the Space Force enters 2026 amid escalating threats from China and Russia, it faces a pivotal year as it transitions to ...

China is developing space-based military technology “breathtakingly fast”, the United States has warned. Gen Stephen Whiting, the top commander of the US Space Force (USSF), said China’s use of space ...

n the early hours before dawn, the U.S. military’s X-37B space plane made a quiet return to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, completing a 434-day mission that remains largely classified.

Under a $3.3 million contract awarded late in 2025, the Space Force’s Space Safari office selected Falcon ExoDynamics to develop Handle 2.0, an upgraded version of a modular, open-system electronics ...

For the second time in six months, SpaceX will deploy a US military satellite that was sitting in storage, waiting for a slot on United Launch Alliance’s launch schedule. Space Systems Command, which ...

A United States military mini shuttle launched Thursday night to conduct unspecified experiments in space. SpaceX powered the launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched ...

Florida's Space Coast has become known for its rocket launches, which has notably increased in the past few years. Aside from the "ooh, ahh" factor of a launch virtually morning, noon or night − with ...

For decades, military communications from space relied primarily on geostationary satellites positioned 22,000 miles above Earth. These distant spacecraft provide secure, reliable voice and data ...

The Department of Defense has proudly announced that two active-duty US military officers will be launching on board SpaceX’s upcoming Crew-10 mission to return NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni ...

The future of Space Command, the ongoing war in Ukraine and quality of life issues for service members are all among the tough military issues newly elected Congressman-elect Jeff Crank will face when ...