In 1961, NASA created Project Gemini – inspired by the twin stars Castor and Pollux of the third constellation of the Zodiac – resulting in a seismic shift for human space flight by increasing a spacecraft’s capacity from a single astronaut to a two-astronaut crew.
Fourteen Air and Space Force non-commissioned officers attended the first-ever Basic Enlisted Strategic Thinking (BEST) joint professional development course at the Vandenberg Space Force Base Education Center from May 8-12.
The 30th Medical Group held its first-ever Tier Two Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course in March, enhancing the skills of its medical readiness personnel during potential combat situations.
UPDATE: 5/19/2023: According to a message on the SpaceX twitter account, the SpaceX launch previously scheduled for 6:19 a.m. Friday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base has been rescheduled to Saturday, May 20 at 6:16 a.m.
Locals were treated to a cosmic display Wednesday afternoon with the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base that blasted off into cloudless skies — and right on schedule at 1:09 p.m.
An afternoon launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for liftoff Wednesday at 1:09 p.m., the space agency announced Tuesday.
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