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April 10, 2020
Space and Missile Systems Center awards $35 million Space Test Program launch service contract

The U.S. Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise, today awarded a $35 million task order to VOX Space, LLC of El Segundo, California, for the Space Test Program-S28
July 1, 2019
From swords to plowshares: History of the Abort Test Booster

NASA and the U.S. Air Force are preparing to launch the Ascent Abort-2 mission using an Abort Test Booster on July 2 from Space Launch Complex-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.AA-2 will help pave the path for NASA’s return to the moon under the Artemis program by testing the launch abort
July 1, 2019
Launch Complex-46: Facility gets a new mission during SMC’s “Summer of Launch 2019” campaign

On the pointy end of Cape Canaveral at Latitude 28°27′30″N and Longitude 80°31′42″W stands Launch Complex-46, site for NASA’s July 2 Ascent Abort (AA)-2 test flight.LC-46, the easternmost launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, was last used on Aug. 26, 2017 to support the Operationally
July 1, 2019
Sitting in the middle of Space History

When Lt. Col. Ryan Rose sits at her console July 2 supporting NASA’s Ascent Abort (AA)-2 flight test from Launch Complex-46, she’ll be situated right smack in the middle of 50 years of space history — the Hangar AE Control Center.As a member of the AA-2 mission’s senior management team with NASA and

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Space and Missile Systems Center awards $35 million Space Test Program launch service contract

From swords to plowshares: History of the Abort Test Booster

Launch Complex-46: Facility gets a new mission during SMC’s “Summer of Launch 2019” campaign

Sitting in the middle of Space History