Featured Space Test Course Students prepare for an XVI satellite pass in Test Pilot School’s new Satellite Operations Control Room, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Recognizing the need for trained space testers in an increasingly contested domain, the Air Force Test Center initiated the Space Test Fundamentals course in 2021. (Air Force photograph by Scott Walter) Space Test Course Students prepare for an XVI satellite pass in Test Pilot School’s new Satellite Operations Control Room, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Recognizing the need for trained space testers in an increasingly contested domain, the Air Force Test Center initiated the Space Test Fundamentals course in 2021. (Air Force photograph by Scott Walter)

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