Story by Jameson Crabtree | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 01.26.2026
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that reveals how microgravity fundamentally alters microbial metabolism, limiting the efficiency of biological manufacturing processes critical to future long-duration space missions. The findings were recently published in the journal npj......
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 08.08.2025
U.S. Army Astronaut Col. Anne C. McClain returned to Earth Aug. 9 after nearly five months aboard the International Space Station. During her second flight into space, she conducted numerous experiments and tasks, including a spacewalk totaling 13 hours and 8 minutes....
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 05.05.2025
On National Astronaut Day, a day dedicated to celebrating America’s space icons, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command team members honor the Army’s active-duty astronauts: Col. Anne McClain, Col. Andrew “Drew” Morgan and Col. Frank Rubio....
Story by Joe Lacdan | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 03.19.2025
Army astronaut Anne McClain launched into clear skies on March 14 from Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the colonel's Dragon spacecraft into orbit for a six-month mission to the International Space Station....
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 03.14.2025
Army astronaut Col. Anne C. McClain successfully launched into space aboard SpaceX’s 10th operational rotation mission Crew Dragon Endurance, a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, from NASA’s Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on March 14 for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 73....
Story by Sherman Hogue | U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll | 12.15.2024
NASA Down-link with U.S. Army Garrison - Kwajalein School System
Story by Christopher Hurd | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 02.29.2024
WASHINGTON — He had practiced it many times before, but this day in 2022 was different for Army astronaut Col. Frank Rubio as he walked to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This time he was going to space. “You realize this [spacecraft] has 300 tons of rocket fuel, and I’m about to get on it,” he said with a laugh. The good thing, he said, was they didn’t......
Story by Carrie Campbell and Ayumi Davis | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 12.29.2023
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command continued its focus as a “People First” organization in 2023 and modernizing and building readiness through missile defeat and Army space operations. The command also worked to integrate its capabilities to influence future multidomain and full-spectrum operations....
