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Currently serving Air Force space operators began to become Space Force members in September 2020 and the service gained its first astronaut when Colonel Michael S. Hopkins swore into the Space Force aboard the International Space Station on 18 December 2020. [42] [43] [44] [45]
The Space Force was established by redesignating the United States Air Force's Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) as the United States Space Force on 20 December 2019. Thus, the very first general officers in the Space Force were general officers in the Air Force's space operations and space acquisitions career fields.
At the same time as the creation of the Space Force 14th Air Force was redesignated as Space Operations Command. [ 48 ] On 12 March 2019, the Space Development Agency (SDA), a new space-focused development agency, additional to the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, was established. [ 49 ]
This is a complete list of astronauts in the United States Space Force.There have currently been two NASA astronauts who have been members of the U.S. Space Force. The first U.S. Space Force astronaut, Colonel Mike Hopkins, commemorated the service's first birthday by having his transfer ceremony on 19 December 2020 on the International Space Station.
The previous record of people in orbit was set in May 2023, when for a brief period of time there were 17 people aboard both the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong space station.
Some installations are still called "Air Force Base", although operated by the US Space Force. [1] Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado [2] Clear Space Force Base in Anderson, Alaska; Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California [3] Patrick Space Force Base near Satellite Beach, Florida. [4]
FILE - A solider wears a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021.
For the first time in nearly 150 years, the space elevator is out of the realm of sci-fi and into the orbit of mission possible.