/tags/space-force space force en-US Copyright Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:29:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-12-21/trump-created-the-space-force-heres-what-it-will-actually-do "It's not about putting military service members in space," one expert said. The new branch will basically reorganize what the military does in space and elevate it to a single chain of command. Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:29:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-12-21/trump-created-the-space-force-heres-what-it-will-actually-do Merrit Kennedy /news-partners/2018-08-09/white-house-describes-military-space-force-aims-to-create-it-by-2020 Vice President Pence said in a speech Thursday that the Space Force, which would be the military's sixth branch, will "prepare for the next battlefield" and "a new generation of threats." Thu, 09 Aug 2018 20:15:02 GMT /news-partners/2018-08-09/white-house-describes-military-space-force-aims-to-create-it-by-2020 Camila Domonoske /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2018-08-09/the-future-of-space-travel American astronauts haven’t been sent into orbit in almost a decade. NASA halted its space shuttle program in 2011 because it was too expensive. But… Thu, 09 Aug 2018 09:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2018-08-09/the-future-of-space-travel