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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that U.S. Space Command’s headquarters will officially relocate from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama—effectively ending years of political & military debate. . Space Command, reestablished in 2019 as a combatant command overseeing America’s military space operations, has been temporarily based at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado. In the first Trump term, the administration selected Huntsville, but in 2023, President Joe Biden reversed course, keeping the command in Colorado. That decision drew scrutiny, including an inconclusive Department of Defense inspector general review, which could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama despite earlier Air Force findings. . “The U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of Huntsville, Alabama—forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City,” Trump declared. He projected the move will bring over 30,000 jobs and hundreds of millions in in...

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