Trump signs executive order to create a U.S. Space Academy
"Space is the hot thing," President Trump said at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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"Space is the hot thing," President Trump said at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The U.S. Space Force said in a news release that the craft had "accomplished a range of test and experimentation objectives."
Tuesday's flight was the Atlas 5's final national security mission as builder United Launch Alliance transitions to new Vulcan rockets.
The U.S. launched an unarmed Minuteman III missile Tuesday from Southern California. It was a routine test of the nuclear deterrence program.
The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth's surface lifted off Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
