Courtesy Photo | Space Systems Command | 02.01.2024
U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, presents a U.S. Air and Space Forces Distinguished Service Medal to U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, Space Systems Command’s (SSC) first commander and the USSF’s newest Vice Chief of Space of Operations, for his distinctive accomplishments and leadership during the SSC change of command ceremony Feb. 1, 2024, at SSC......
Courtesy Photo | Space Systems Command | 02.01.2024
U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant, delivers his first remarks as Space Systems Command’s (SSC) newest commander, during a change of command ceremony Feb. 1, 2024, at SSC headquarters on Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. “For now, as a command we will be focused on General Saltzman’s theory of success, Secretary [Frank] Kendall’s call to re-optimize for the......
Courtesy Photo | Space Systems Command | 02.01.2024
U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, right, accepts the Space Systems Command (SSC) flag from Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, left, during a change of command ceremony Feb. 1, 2024, at SSC headquarters on Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. With this change of command, Garrant became the second commander of SSC and is responsible for leading a global workforce......
Photo by Josiah D Pearce | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 09.20.2019
This Far Ultraviolet camera/spectrograph is a model of the Apollo 16 mission camera. Dr. George Carruthers patented and developed the camera based on instruments flown on sounding rockets and satellites. It is the first Moon-based “astronomical” observatory. The observatory is still on the Moon today, but is no longer operational....
Photo by Josiah D Pearce | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 09.20.2019
POPPY – successor to the world’s first reconnaissance satellites, NRL’s GRAB and POPPY satellites provided electronic intelligence, general search, and ocean surveillance....
Photo by Josiah D Pearce | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 09.20.2019
NRL pioneered the gravity gradient system for stabilizing the attitude of satellites with respect to Earth. The GGSE series of satellites used long booms to gain 2-axis, and then 3- axis (horizontal, vertical, and transverse) stabilization....
Photo by Josiah D Pearce | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 09.20.2019
Vanguard I – the first Navy satellite on-orbit and the first solar powered satellite. Vanguard I is the oldest spacecraft still orbiting the Earth....
Photo by Airman 1st Class Randall Burlingame | 104th Fighter Wing | 08.05.2017
Col. James M. Suhr, Col. Peter T. Green III and Chief Master Sgt. Maryanne Walts pose for a picture Aug. 5, 2018, at Barnes Air National Base, Westfield, Massachusetts. Suhr was the first active duty Air Force commander in the state of Massachusetts, Green is the first non-rated commander of the 104th Fighter Wing and Walts is the first female command chief at the wing. (U.S. Air National......
