USAF establishes Space Command, with headquarters at Peterson AFB, Colo. (USAF redesignates it Air Force Space Command on Nov. 15, 1985, following establishment of US Space Command on Sept. 23, 1985.)
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.
