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Ready to see a SpaceX Falcon 9 blast off into the sky? The first California rocket launch of August could take place this weekend.
SpaceX wants to launch nearly 100 rockets into space off Vandenberg Space Force Base, despite complaints and objects from ...
A fire was burning off Highway 1 near Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday afternoon. San Antonio Road West was closed.
The next satellites SpaceX helps to deliver to orbit from Vandenberg won't be its own, but rather two of NASA's on a scientific mission.
(Tuesday, July 29) - SpaceX is planning another rocket launch to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday, July ...
Established in 1941, the site was previously known as the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Though it's a military base, the site also hosts both civil and commercial space launches for entities like ...
During the Cold War, it was redesignated as Cooke Air Force Base and then Vandenberg in honor of Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the second chief of staff of the Air Force.
Object Details author Page, Joseph T. II Notes NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Chapter 1: A brief history of Vandenberg Air Force Base -- Chapter 2: ...
The satellites are undergoing processing at the SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base ahead of liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that includes a first stage originally used to send the ...