Story by Melanie Casineau | 104th Fighter Wing | 03.03.2026
BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westfield, MA-“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” That’s not a phrase we hear at the 104th Fighter Wing, but it was spoken by one of our members. The 104th Fighter Wing has a proud history of pilots who went on to become astronauts. The first was John “Jack” Swigert, who served with the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 131st Fighter Interceptor......
Story by Matthew Schehl | Naval Postgraduate School | 02.20.2026
Forty years to the day after launching his illustrious federal career, Dr. James H. Newman officially retired from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Dec. 8, 2025....
Story by Sgt. Emily De La Torre | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 02.06.2026
T-minus 3, 2, 1… We have liftoff! The ground rumbled as the engines roared to life. Smoke and flames erupted out of the bottom as it began to lift into the sky, ascending higher until it was finally out of sight. There are some kids who see a rocket take off and begin to dream of becoming astronauts; there are some kids who make that dream come true....
Courtesy Story | Space Launch Delta 45 | 12.16.2025
Space Launch Delta 45, Kennedy Space Center and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently hosted a Reverse Industry Day, bringing together major commercial launch providers to discuss the future of space launch operations on the Eastern Range....
Story by Capt. Cameron Silver | Space Forces Space | 12.16.2025
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....
Story by Emily Winget | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 09.24.2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Compact Coronagraph-2 (CCOR-2) launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 24 onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory from NASA – Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida....
Story by Emily Winget | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 09.23.2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA is set to launch the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory mission in September 2025, honoring the late Dr. George R. Carruthers, whose groundbreaking work at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) transformed how we observe Earth and space....
Story by Ronald Bailey | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 09.22.2025
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joseph “Ben” Bailey was officially announced as a member of NASA’s newest astronaut candidate class during a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 22. The selection marks a historic first for the Army’s Warrant Officer Corps, exemplifying the unique technical expertise these specialists bring to America’s space program....
