President Trump looks to the stars, establishes ‘U.S. Space Academy’
On Friday, the president ordered the establishment of the U.S. Space Academy, aimed at reaffirming the American commitment to dominate the skies through discovery and technological innovation.
by Summer Lane | August 28, 2026
During a visit to NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center on Friday, President Trump announced the expansion of American interests in space.
“Given the rapid growth of the Space Force and the commercial space industry and the expansion of our ambitions to the moon and far beyond the moon…it’s clear that we will need to educate and train an entire generation of skilled service members, engineers, and civil operators and everything else to do what we have to do,” the president said during remarks at the space center.
The president announced that he would sign an executive order to begin the process of creating a new national military academy – the U.S. Space Academy.
“So, you think of West Point, and you think of Annapolis, and you think of the Air Force Academy, and you think of the Coast Guard Academies, right?” the president continued. “They’re all great. But we’re going to have, now, the Space Force.”
According to the president’s order, the academy’s goal is to attract the “best and brightest” of American recruits and train them for the critical mission of defending America’s interests in space.
“American superiority in space depends on the strength, skill, and character of those who explore, secure, and build the industries critical to it,” the EO reads. “To continue to lead the world in space exploration and technology, while securing and defending our national interests in space, the Nation must prepare the next generation of astronauts, scientists, engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, civil servants, and warfighters and ensure that they are capable of advancing American interests in space.”
The location of this new academy has not yet been chosen, according to President Trump, but he said he would be choosing a location “very shortly.”
“It will serve both the U.S. Space Force, as well as NASA, and the civilian space flight industry, and it will attract, train, and graduate the very best of our nation,” the president continued.
