More On Space

Soldiers aren't likely to don space suits and blast off into space to fight an enemy, the head of Army Space Command said.

The U.S. military needs to move quickly to stand up U.S. Space Force as a military branch, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.

The first video of the unidentified object was taken on Nov. 14, 2004.

The Air Force is already crafting a marketing campaign that leverages space to boost recruiting.

Army senior leaders mapped out the service's plans to equip combat brigades with sophisticated space capabilities.

The Pentagon is shelving a directed-energy program it was hoping to use in space to destroy enemy ICBMs.

"We are the best in the world at space today," Gen. John Raymond, new commander of U.S. Space Command, said.

While their husbands serve on the International Space Station, wives help NASA understand the impact of long separations.

U.S. Space Command is a precursor to the proposed U.S. Space Force service branch.

Supporters have quietly launched a campaign of persuasion, publishing a series of opinion pieces in recent days.