Trump Unveils U.S. Space Academy to Shape Space Force and Civilian Spaceflight
Trump signs an executive order creating the U.S. Space Academy to train Space Force personnel, NASA staff, and civilian spaceflight professionals, with a location to be announced soon, and awards the Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; the move accompanies plans for a nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft and a broader push toward a lunar presence and eventual Mars exploration.