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Vol. 15 · No. 118 · Saturday, 3 October 2026

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Air & Space · Page 6

Space Force ‘ark’ nothing to be concerned about, commander tweets from orbit

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WASHINGTON — A recent tweet from the commander of a program dubbed “The Ark” has increased national concerns over the project nobody outside the Department of Defense had ever heard of before.

The tweet in question came from the account of Capt. Noah Richardson, and it includes a photograph, which appears to have been taken from orbit.

News of the tweet raised some alarm among members of the United States Government who noticed several of their colleagues hadn’t shown up for work.

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