The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983. Tony Hertz Telegram-Tribune file After test glide and landings upon release from aircraft in 1977 ...

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday, Jan. 9. The launch was scheduled for 7:53 p.m., and took off on-time. The rocket will deliver a National ...

Often, we look up into our skies and see rockets. The rockets are launched at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Just recently making history with more than 50 launches in a year. So, how does weather play ...

SpaceX is planning for another Falcon 9 rocket launch this week at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch is currently ...

The US Space Force’s secretive robotic space ... 37B de-orbited and landed like an aeroplane on a runway at Vandenberg Air ...

Located about an hour from Santa Barbara, the small town is home to what was then called Vandenberg Air Force Base. The federal government’s burgeoning West Coast space shuttle program was set ...

Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. N. Murphy, 30th Space Wing Public Affairs / Jan 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021 Updated Mar 16, 2021 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- In Oct. 2019, Vandenberg Air Force Base was chosen as ...

SAN DIEGO — SpaceX successfully launched into low-earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County on Thursday evening January 9, 2025. The company completed the launch of ...

Steve Daly 30th Range Management Squadron Apr 1, 2016 Apr 1, 2016 Vandenberg Air Force Base's 30th Space ... programs including tracking for the Space Shuttle on-orbit and during landings.

The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983. After test glide and landings upon release from aircraft in 1977, the Space Shuttle began orbital flights ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...