Tag: Space Force
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Trump reauthorizes U.S. Space Command
Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence participated in a White House ceremony Thursday to reestablish U.S. Space Command. Credit: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour President Trump reestablished U.S. Space Command in a White House ceremony Thursday, setting up a unified combatant…
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Trump ushers in U.S. Space Command, with Space Force (or Corps) in the works
The official flag of the newly revived U.S. Space Command is unfurled at a White House Rose Garden ceremony, with Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary Mark Esper looking on. (White House Photo / Tia Dufour) President Donald Trump today hailed the revival of the U.S.…
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White House budget proposal tightens the screws on science, from space to salmon
An artist’s conception shows NASA’s Space Launch System in flight. (NASA Illustration) The White House’s $4.7 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2020 aims to give a boost to the Space Force, but would dial down work on NASA’s Space Launch System, zero out the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, leave salmon in the lurch…
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President Trump signs directive to create new Space Force under the Air Force’s wing
Vice President Mike Pence makes comments at an Oval Office signing ceremony for Space Policy Directive 4, alongside President Donald Trump and officials including Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, Air Force Gen. Paul Selva and Susan Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence. (White House Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald…
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Trump authorizes revival of U.S. Space Command, with Space Force on agenda
Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. (White House via YouTube) President Donald Trump today authorized the Pentagon to set up the U.S. Space Command as its own combatant command, in preparation for creating a Space Force as a separate branch of the military. The authorization for the Space Command came…
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Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao flank Vice President Mike Pence during a meeting of the National Space Council at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. (C-SPAN Video) The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a combined U.S.…
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CNN survey suggests support for Space Force doesn’t match Star Wars appeal
News Brief: A CNN survey suggests most Americans don’t back the Trump administration’s plans to create a new military branch known as the Space Force. The survey, based on a sampling of 1,002 American adults, showed that 55 percent would rather keep the Air Force in charge of protecting U.S. space assets. Phil Larson, a…
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VP Mike Pence details plan to create Space Force (sans starship troopers) by 2020
Vice President Mike Pence outlines the Trump administration’s plans for raising the profile of space defense, leading to the establishment of the Department of the Space Force, during a Pentagon address. (White House / DOD via YouTube) The Trump administration is taking immediate steps to raise the profile of the Defense Department’s space operations, and…
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President Trump directs Pentagon to create ‘separate but equal’ Space Force
President Donald Trump speaks at a White House meeting of the National Space Council, with Vice President Mike Pence standing beside him and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao sitting in the background. (White House / NASA via YouTube) President Donald Trump today directed the Department of Defense to create a Space Force as the sixth branch…
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Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force”
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, delivered remarks at Monday’s meeting of the National Space Council at the White House. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Catching observers off guard, President Trump, in remarks before a National Space Council Meeting at the White House Monday, officially directed to Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of…