Trump Signs Order to Create First U.S. Space Academy
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing the first U.S. Space Academy, aimed at training the next generation of military and civilian space professionals.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 28, 2026, establishing the country's first U.S. Space Academy, during a ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston that also honored the Artemis II crew.
The academy is intended to build technical expertise alongside leadership and public-service training for both military and civilian personnel, including "skilled service members, engineers, and civil operators," as well as astronauts and technicians needed for lunar missions and beyond. Trump said the expansion of the Space Force and the commercial space industry meant the country would "need to educate and train an entire generation" of space professionals.
A newly created Presidential Commission, chaired by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman with Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson as executive director, has 120 days to recommend how the academy should be governed, where it should be located and what legislation would be needed to establish it. Vice chairs from the White House science and technology and economic policy offices will also sit on the commission.