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Vivienne Machi
April 08, 2025

U.S. and France shared space maneuvers

Credit: Space Foundation

COLORADO SPRINGS—The U.S. and French militaries recently conducted a “first-ever” bilateral rendezvous and proximity operation in space, U.S. Space Command’s commander, Gen. Stephen Whiting, said April 8. The operation demonstrated the allies’ “combined capabilities in space, in the vicinity of a…

Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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