Air University (AU), headquartered at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, is a major component of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and is the lead agent for Air Force education. AU provides the full spectrum of Air Force education, encompassing precommissioning programs for new officers; graduate programs in specialized military disciplines; progressive, career-long professional military development for officer, enlisted, and civilian Airmen; and specialized programs for US cabinet appointees, senior executive service (SES) civilians, and general officers.
AU’s professional military education (PME) programs educate Airmen to leverage air, space, and cyberspace power to achieve national security objectives. Specialized professional continuing educational programs provide scientific, technological, managerial, and other professional expertise to meet the needs of the Air Force. AU also conducts research on the evolving security environment; emerging threats; future uses for air, space, and cyberspace power; working in joint and coalition teams and multicultural environments; education; military leadership; management; and other topics that inform senior Air Force leaders and contribute to curriculum development. The university is engaged in community and public service, offering two citizenship programs: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and Civil Air Patrol–USAF.
President Donald Trump shows off a signed copy of his executive order at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, flanked by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, and Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council.
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NASA has several contracts with Blue Origin as part of its Artemis program – this setback for the company could delay the program.
Revolutionary Guard personnel stand under an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle, the Shahed-136, while participating in a military rally in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 10, 2025.
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Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is now the second, after SpaceX, to land a rocket booster for reuse.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris in 2019.
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Under the proposed budget, several major projects, such as the Mars Sample Return and the Space Launch System, would face cancellation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris in 2019.
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Even without recovering New Glenn’s reusable booster, Blue Origin has joined the ranks of commercial companies with rockets able to launch into orbit.
O chefe da NASA representa a agência perante o Congresso americano e no cenário global enquanto precisam lidar com uma questão recorrente: menos recursos que o necessário para realizar todas as tarefas que lhe são atribuídas.
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El Starliner ha sufrido retrasos y problemas. El lanzamiento de mayo de 2024 pondrá a prueba su capacidad para transportar tripulación a la Estación Espacial Internacional.
A espaçonave Starliner da Boeing na aproximação da Estação Espacial Internacional durante um teste sem tripulação em 2022.
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O Starliner teve atrasos e problemas. O lançamento em maio de 2024 colocará à prova sua capacidade de transportar tripulantes para a Estação Espacial Internacional.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on approach to the International Space Station during an uncrewed test in 2022.
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Ada ribuan penampakan UFO - atau ‘fenomena udara tak dikenal’ sebagaimana pemerintah AS lebih suka menyebutnya - setiap tahun. Sebenarnya, apakah UFO itu? Apakah berasal dari luar angkasa?
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, launched from a spaceport in Texas.
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The launch of a new rocket is always an exciting event. SpaceX’s ‘go fast and fail’ approach means that even though the test ended with engineers blowing up the rocket, it was a valuable first flight.
Both the U.S. and China have plans to establish bases on the Moon in the near future.
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China has invested massively in its space capabilities in recent years and is now a major competitor with the US. But according to a space policy expert, the US still dominates space by most measures.