Personnel at Edwards AFB, Calif., found Col. Bryan J. Gallagher unconscious in a base fitness center parking lot early Tuesday morning, according to a base release. Efforts to revive the colonel, who had commanded the 95th Air Base Wing since last spring, were unsuccessful. He was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, where medical personnel declared him dead at 7:45 a.m. Gallagher was a Civil Engineer officer and had served as the 95th ABW vice commander before assuming command. There was no word yet as to the cause of death.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
