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The Space Force's top-secret X-37B space plane is gearing up for its eighth mission. It will bring a "quantum inertial sensor."

Space Force Launching Secretive Experimental Spacecraft With Quantum Equipment on Board

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump administration has slashed the US Space Force's workforce by almost 14 percent, which could have an "outsized impact."

The Trump Administration Is Gutting the Space Force

By Victor Tangermann

Space startup Gravitics has been awarded a $60 million contract by the US Space Force to develop an "orbital carrier."

The Space Force Is Working on an Aircraft Carrier for Space

By Victor Tangermann

The US Space Force has accused China of "dogfighting in space," a term that usually refers to fighter jets caught up in an aerial battle.

Space Force Says a Chinese Spacecraft Is Practicing Dogfighting Maneuvers in Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

The Space Force's top-secret X-37B spaceplane has landed after spending well over a year orbiting the Earth.

Mysterious Spacecraft Lands at Space Force Base

By Victor Tangermann

The United States Space Force has unexpectedly published a photo its top-secret X-37B space plane took while orbiting the Earth last year.

Space Force Releases Photo of Earth Taken by Experimental Space Plane

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon is promising that its X-37b spaceplane is going to do some sweet stunts in the upper atmosphere soon.

The Space Force’s Top-Secret Spaceplane Is About to Do a Sick Stunt

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Space Force guardian is going on a mission none has ever attempted before — actually flying to space as a Space Force official.

A Space Force Guardian Is Bringing Stranded Boeing Astronauts Home

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three Space Force Guardians recently traveled to El Paso, Texas, to complete a set of challenges, turning them into "space cowboys."

Space Force Obtains Three “Space Cowboys”

By Victor Tangermann

This summer, the US Space Force will send its first "Guardian" to the International Space Station as part of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-9 mission.

Space Force Finally Launching a Single Employee Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

Space Force Boss Says Weird New Weapons Are Headed to Orbit

Space Force Boss Says Weird New Weapons Are Headed to Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

The Space Force unveiled a painting by artist Rick Herter, which depicts a "futuristic US Space vehicle intercepting an adversary satellite."

Space Force Proudly Shows Off a Painting It Made of Kidnapping a Satellite

By Victor Tangermann

Space Force leaders have forbidden their Guardians from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT on government devices.

Space Force Gets Scared, Pauses All Use of Generative AI

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

America launched a space rocket loaded with satellites whose mission is to spy on any enemy spacecraft above Earth.

Space Force Launches Spy Satellites

By Sharon Adarlo

Space Force major general David Miller is worried the US could fall behind China and Russia in the space race — and is calling for action.

General Says Space Force Should Stop Waffling and Build Epic Space Weapons

By Victor Tangermann

Nobody is entirely sure why the Space Force, the youngest branch of the military, exists. Even the service's top general isn't sure.

Top Space Force General Confused About Why Space Force Exists

By Victor Tangermann