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SpaceX is preparing for its second launch of the week from Vandenberg Space Force Base, with liftoff set for Friday night.
Californians could soon be able to see another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on a Starlink mission. Where are some spots to catch liftoff?
SATELLITE ARRIVAL–Workers at Vandenberg Air Force Base prepare to offload the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft from an Air Force C-17 transport plane in ... Vandenberg’s runway gets variety of landings.
After 2020 saw a low number of liftoffs, 2021 will bring a busier year at Vandenberg Air Force Base, which also will get a new name.. Col. David Rickards, director of staff for the 30th Space Wing ...
A small army of workers quickly gave the Vandenberg Air Force Base runway a makeover in readiness for an unmanned spaceplane’s landing.
Potential additions include MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle, special combat training programs as solar farm construction to begin ...
NEAR LOMPOC (CBSLA) – Vandenberg Air Force Base is undergoing a name change Friday. The base, located near Lompoc in Santa Barbara County, will hold a ceremony Friday afternoon to officially ...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Vandenberg Air Force base is poised to be a key solution to space exploration, science and defense in the future along with an economic booster for the Central Coast.
A new name will be unveiled Friday at Vandenberg Air Force Base to reflect its role in the U.S. Space Force.. The installation, encompassing nearly 100,000 acres, officially will become Vandenberg ...
A historic launch of a Falcon 9 rocket that would send two astronauts into space is scheduled to lift off Saturday at 3:22 p.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
LOMPOC (AP) -- California's Vandenberg Air Force Base was renamed Friday as a U.S. Space Force Base. The name was changed to Vandenberg Space Force Base during an afternoon ceremony on the parade ...
Vandenberg Air Force Base is first in line to continue hosting the formal training unit for intercontinental ballistic missile operators as new nuclear missiles come online over the next two decades.