Story by Capt. Jaclyn Sumayao | Space Systems Command | 05.05.2023
Lt. Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, Space Systems Command, commander presided over a promotion ceremony for retired United States Air Force Col. Buzz Aldrin, to the honorary rank of brigadier general at Los Angeles Air Force Base, May 5. Aldrin, a notable recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and......
Story by Michael Peterson | Space Launch Delta 30 | 07.29.2019
Scott Bailey, 30th Space Wing historian, is operating in an interesting time at Vandenberg Air Force Base. As the Air Force pursues one of its core missions to Maintain Air & Space Superiority, Vandenberg’s Western Range and space launch operations are at the forefront of change in the pursuit of cost-effective modernization in the space domain....
Story by Jennifer Spradlin | U.S. Air Force Academy | 07.19.2019
What does the Air Force Academy have to do with man’s first flight to the moon? A lot, actually, if you ask Gary Payton, a NASA astronaut and distinguished visiting astronautics professor at the Academy....
Story by Irene Smith | Defense Logistics Agency | 07.16.2019
Fifty years ago, Defense Supply Agency in Cameron Station – the predecessor agency of Defense Logistics Agency – supported the first manned mission to land on the Moon....
Story by Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 03.15.2019
The STARBASE Los Alamitos rocketry team is preparing for their entry into this year’s Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) competition. The program’s middle-school-aged aerospace engineers are vying for a chance to take their custom-built rockets to Virginia for the TARC National Finals Fly Off in May. TARC is the largest rocketry competition for middle school and high school students......
Story by Sgt. John Angelo | Minnesota National Guard | 11.28.2012
The moon is 238,855 miles from Earth, well most of it. A small part of it can now be found at the Minnesota Historical Society’s Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, Minn., thanks to the Minnesota National Guard. The Minnesota State Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Richard Nash transferred possession of a wooden podium with moon rocks and a small Minnesota flag, that flew to the moon in 1969,......
Story by Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace | 100th Air Refueling Wing | 10.03.2010
The Apollo 11 commander landed at RAF Mildenhall's Galaxy Club, March 11, to share stories about America's greatest achievements in aerospace....
