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A U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane, encapsulated ahead of a planned May 16, 2020, launch. That liftoff will kick off the sixth mission for the X-37B program.

US Space Force to launch the next X-37B space plane mystery mission on May 16

By Mike Wall published

The sixth X-37B mission is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station May 16, Space Force officials announced Wednesday (May 6).

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A Russian Soyuz 2.1v rocket launches a classified military satellite into orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russian on Nov. 25, 2019. The satellite can apparently track other satellites in orbit.

2 Russian satellites are stalking a US spysat in orbit. The Space Force is watching.

By Chelsea Gohd published

A U.S. satellite that's used to spy on other countries is being trailed by two Russian satellites, according to the commander of the U.S. Space Force.

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President Donald Trump speaks during his State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020.

Trump touts Space Force in State of the Union address

By Mike Wall published

Space got a couple of shout-outs in President Trump's State of the Union address last night (Feb. 4).

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Artist's illustration of one satellite inspecting another. On Aug. 14, 2018, a US diplomat said that a Russian satellite described as a "space apparatus inspector" has been behaving very oddly on orbit, raising the possibility that it may be a space weapo

Russian Satellite Is Behaving Oddly. But Is It a Space Weapon?

By Mike Wall published

A Russian satellite that launched to Earth orbit last October has been behaving oddly, raising the possibility that the craft could be some sort of space weapon, a U.S. diplomat warned.

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President Donald Trump wants a new Space Force branch of the U.S. military, but it reopens an old argument about military uses in space. Here, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with retired NASA astronaut and

Should the US Have a Military Presence in Space?

By Elizabeth Howell published

President Donald Trump's call this week that to create a sixth branch of the U.S. military — which he called the "Space Force" — has reopened a wider debate on the military's role in space.

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Donald Trump Wants a 'Space Force,' But America Already Has One

By Brandon Specktor published

Trump's proposed Space Force would basically be doing things the Air Force already does.

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