2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Department of Defense Space Test Program’s (STP) first launch. The Space Test Program has flown over 568 experiments on over 251 missions to date. Today the STP is managed under the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Advanced Systems and Development Directorate (SMC/AD), and continues to provide access to space for DoD-sponsored research and development missions. It relies heavily on small satellites, small launch vehicles, and innovative approaches to space access to perform its mission.
Many of our Team Schriever members are among the Hispanic Americans serving in the armed forces today, who have become an invaluable part of an increasingly diversified military.
