Trump signs executive order to launch U.S. Space Academy

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create the U.S. Space Academy, a space-focused military-style institution to train personnel for the Space Force, NASA, and the civilian space industry. He announced the plan during a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, citing the rapid growth of the Space Force and the expanding space economy, and later awarded the Artemis II crew Congressional Space Medals as he indicated a campus location would be announced soon.