Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

https://apnews.com/article/space-command-trump-alabama-colorado-
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S. 
Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision 
to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado.

The long-expected decision from Trump caps a four-year tug of war between 
two states and opposing administrations about where to locate U.S. Space 
Command, an intense fight because the headquarters would be a significant 
boon to the local economy. Alabama and Colorado have long battled to claim 
Space Command, with elected officials from both states asserting their 
state is the better location.

“The U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of 
a place called Huntsville, Alabama, forever to be known from this point 
forward as Rocket City,” said Trump, repeating a nickname the city has 
used for decades already because of its early role in NASA and the U.S. 
space program. “We had a lot of competition for this and Alabama’s getting 
it,” added the president, flanked in the Oval Office by Republican members 
of Alabama’s congressional delegation.

Trump said Huntsville won the race for the Space Command headquarters, in 
part, because “they fought harder for it than anybody else.”

GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor of Alabama, said 
Huntsville is the “perfect place” for the headquarters and suggested it be 
named after Trump. And Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt, who stood next 
to Trump during the announcement, thanked Trump for “restoring Space 
Command to its rightful home.”

“The Biden administration chose to make this political,” she said. “What 
we want to do is put the safety and security of Americans first. We want 
to make sure our American war fighter is put first.”

The Associated Press reported earlier Tuesday that the president would 
announce the move at the White House after a Pentagon website set up to 
livestream the remarks described the event hours in advance as a “U.S. 
Space Command HQ Announcement.”

U.S. Space Command said in a statement on X after the announcement that it 
“stands ready to carry out the direction of the President following 
today’s announcement of Huntsville, Alabama, as the command’s permanent 
headquarters location.” Its functions include conducting operations like 
enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing 
warning of missile launches.

Huntsville, Alabama, has long been home to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal and 
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The Army’s Space and Missile Defense 
Command is also located in Huntsville, which drew its nickname because of 
its role in building the first rockets for the U.S. space program.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said about 1,400 Space Command jobs will 
transition to Redstone Arsenal over the next five years.

“This decision is not about what’s best for Huntsville – it’s about being 
mission-focused,” said Battle. “The decision to locate U.S. Space Command 
at Redstone ensures our nation is prepared to meet growing challenges in 
space. Huntsville is ready with our experienced workforce, resilient 
infrastructure and deep commitment to national defense.”

The saga stretches back to 2021, when the Air Force identified Army 
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville as the preferred location for the new U.S. 
Space Command. The city was picked after site visits to six states that 
compared factors such as infrastructure capacity, community support and 
costs to the Defense Department.

Then-President Joe Biden in 2023 announced Space Command would be 
permanently located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which had been serving 
as its temporary headquarters. Biden’s Democratic administration said that 
keeping the command in Colorado Springs would avoid a disruption in 
readiness.

The announcement infuriated both Democratic and Republican officials in 
Colorado, which has a booming aerospace industry. Colorado Gov. Jared 
Polis, a Democrat, called the relocation of Space Command to Alabama 
“deeply disappointing” and demanded an explanation as to how the decision 
was made.

“This is the wrong decision, diminishing military readiness and national 
security and eroding the trust Americans have in our country and its 
leaders to do the right thing,” Polis said. “Uprooting Space Command will 
weaken national security and readiness, waste taxpayer dollars, and 
inconvenience military families.”

Trump on Tuesday said his initial plans to locate the headquarters in 
Huntsville were “wrongfully obstructed by the Biden administration.” But 
he also said the fact that Colorado uses mail-in voting “played a big 
factor also” in moving the headquarters away from Colorado Springs.

“The problem with Colorado is that they have a very corrupt voting 
system,” Trump said.

A review by the Defense Department inspector general was inconclusive and 
could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama. Trump, a 
Republican who enjoys deep support in Alabama, had long been expected to 
move Space Command back to Alabama.


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