Trump Establishes U.S. Space Academy

President Trump signed an executive order to establish the U.S. Space Academy, a new service academy for the Space Force, NASA, and the civilian spaceflight industry, with the location to be announced soon. A Presidential Commission will oversee the initiative, with governance and needs outlined within 120 days. The plan frames the academy as a milestone akin to West Point and the Coast Guard Academy and aims to educate engineers, technicians, operators, and astronauts for military and civilian space work. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other officials described the academy as a transformative step to bolster lunar exploration, nuclear power, and the broader space economy. At the same ceremony, Trump awarded the Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and signaled plans to call astronauts from Mission Control, underscoring the ceremony's dual focus on recognition and the academy. Coverage describes the academy as expanding both military and civilian space ambitions and central to the administration's space strategy.