Air Forces Space (AFSPACE) is the Air Component to U.S. Space Command and its capabilities include providing human space flight support, search and recovery (SAR) for astronaut personnel, and recovery of space flight material to U.S. Space Command. This feature page serves as the central location for imagery of Human Space Flight Support Operations for NASA's Artemis Program.
What will it take to have a sustained presence on the moon? What about Mars? U.S. Space Force Capt. Kathryn Odom had the opportunity to tackle those exact problems when she returned to her alma mater, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., to lend her expertise to a NASA-partnered working group Dec. 6-8, 2025.