REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) — With a name like "Space Command," you would think that the move to America's Rocket City would be a natural one. However, it didn't start here.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump authorized the move of the U.S. Space Command's Headquarters to Redstone Arsenal from its provisional headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs.

The command as we know it was established in August 2019, but for many Americans, this may feel like deja vu.

USSPACECOM is one of the 11 unified combatant commands within the Department of Defense. The command employs joint forces from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Space Force and “is responsible for delivering space capabilities to joint and combined forces and protecting and defending the space d

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