Huntsville, Ala. - not San Antonio - lands Space Command
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiara Kashner, right, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Michael Bernacchi, representing U.S. Space Command’s longest-serving and junior-serving members, respectively, cut a cake in honor of the combatant command’s first birthday Aug. 28, 2020, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.Lewis Carlyle, U.S. Space Command Public AffairsShow MoreShow Less
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Staff Sgt. Gary Thompson at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., fires a Javelin missile at a Soviet T72 battle tank located 2,400 meters downrange during a training exercise in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Huntsville Times, Dave Dieter)DAVE DIETER /APShow MoreShow Less
Space Command site team in meetings with San Antonio leaders
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Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks with the San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board in 2017.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Aerial view of Port San AntonioPort San Antonio / Port San AntonioShow MoreShow Less
Local leaders will huddle Monday with a Pentagon site selection team that within weeks is expected to recommend either San Antonio or one of five other cities as the new home of U.S. Space Command.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg said he’ll be joined in the virtual meeting by City Manager Erik Walsh, Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, president/CEO of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, and retired Marine Maj. Gen. Juan Ayala, director of the city’s Office of Military & Veteran Affairs.