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Jan. 31, 2024
Meet your 2023 SpOC Polaris Winners: Sgt. Kendra Walker

U.S. Space Force Sgt. Kendra Walker and her roommates were relaxing in the house and getting ready to knock out Sunday errands, when she heard a loud crash behind her house.Without hesitation, she ran to the source of the noise and found a car that had crashed into a field not far from Walker’s
Nov. 15, 2023
Navigating the Orbital Racetrack: How the 18th Space Defense Squadron Finds and Tracks Debris

Imagine you're a racecar driver hurtling along a crowded track, surrounded by hundreds of other vehicles. They're in front, behind, and beside you, weaving through the lanes at breakneck speed. Some are even traveling towards you, whizzing past with just inches to spare. This is the reality of our
Sept. 26, 2023
Space Delta 2 Support for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission

Space Delta 2, the U.S Space Force's space domain awareness and space battle management delta, supported NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission as it returned to Earth September 24, 2023. The OSIRIS-REx mission was the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, with DEL 2 units

Meet your 2023 SpOC Polaris Winners: Sgt. Kendra Walker