Bernard Adolph "Bennie" Schriever was a United States Air Force general who played a major role in the Air Force's space and ballistic missile programs.
Bernard Schriever
As a young pilot in the 1930s
Schriever (center) with Trevor Gardner (left) and Simon Ramo (right)
Schriever addressed a session of the Scientific Advisory Board in 1955. In the front row (left to right) are George McRae, Charles Lindbergh, Thomas S. Power, Trevor Gardner, John von Neumann, Harold Norton, Guyford Stever and Clark Millikan
Space Systems Command (SSC) is the United States Space Force's space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command. It is headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, and manages the United States' space launch ranges.
Space Systems Command
NASA Astronaut John Glenn was launched on the first U.S. orbital flight by an Air Force Ballistic Missile Division Atlas rocket on 20 February 1962.
The first, and only, test flight of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory occurred on 3 December 1966.
Launch of the ASM-135 ASAT missile.