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

Headline from FOX 21 Colorado Springs

(NATIONAL) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the first U.S. Space Academy on Friday, Aug. 28, with the goal of strengthening the nation's space workforce and developing the next generation of space leaders, according to NASA.

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  1. Just the News

    Trump announces the establishment of a Space Force Academy (opens Just the News)

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    “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,” the president said in a speech

  2. Just the News

    Trump announces establishment of U.S. Space Academy (opens Just the News)

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    The academy is being created to prepare Americans to serve in the Space Force.

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Trump signs order to create space-focused military academy (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    US President Donald Trump visits the Mission Control Center at NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on August 28, 2026.

  4. Independent Journal Review

    Trump Establishes U.S. Space Academy (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    The White House announced a plan to establish the United States Space Academy and form a Presidential Commission to strengthen the nation’s space workforce, signaling a broad effort to train leaders for space exploration, defense, and civilian industries.

  5. Union Leader

    Trump signs order to create a Space Academy (opens Union Leader)

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    President Donald Trump signed an order on Friday creating a U.S. Space Academy, billing it as a new military and civilian institution modeled after West Point and other military service academies.

  6. Fox News

    Trump signs order creating new Space Academy akin to West Point, location to be determined (opens Fox News)

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    President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to establish the U.S. Space Academy. Trump said the location of the academy was yet to be determined, but compared its significance to that of the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

  7. CBS News

    Trump signs executive order to create a U.S. Space Academy (opens CBS News)

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    "Space is the hot thing," President Trump said at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.

  8. Fox26 Houston

    U.S. Space Academy: What we know about President Trump’s announcement (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    President Donald Trump announced the creation of the U.S. Space Academy on Friday. During a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, he said he would be signing an executive order to create the academy and shared some details. What is the U.S. Space Academy? The U.S.

  9. Newsweek

    Trump Announces New US Space Academy to Match West Point, Air Force (opens Newsweek)

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    Trump said the U.S. Space Academy will train the next generation for missions to Mars and beyond.

  10. News Nation Now

    Trump signs executive order establishing US Space Academy (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    The executive order begins the process to establish a new national academy to train people for jobs with Space Force and NASA.

  11. The Hill

    Trump announces creation of US Space Academy (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    President Trump on Friday signed an executive order establishing the U.S. Space Academy to educate and train the next generation of engineers, operators and service members in the space realm. “That's a big deal.

  12. Not The Bee

    Trump signs order creating the United States Space Academy (opens Not The Bee)

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    Do not adjust your sets. This is not science fiction.

  13. UPI

    Trump to create U.S. Space Academy (opens UPI)

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    President Donald Trump Friday signed an executive order to create a U.S. Space Academy to train and educate aerospace workers and service members.

  14. PJ Media

  15. Al Jazeera

    President Donald Trump signs order creating US Space Academy (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The president said graduates of the new academy would serve the US Space Force, NASA and the civilian flight industry.

  16. Deseret News

    Trump signs order to create new Space Academy (opens Deseret News)

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    President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a new military academy, the U.S. Space Academy, to train people for the U.S. Space Force, NASA and the civilian space industry. He signed the order while at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to award Medals of Honor to the crew of NASA’…

  17. Investor's Business Daily

    Trump Plans Nuclear-Powered Mars Mission, Announces Space Academy (opens Investor's Business Daily)

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    President Trump on Friday signed an order to establish a space version of West Point, and a nuclear-powered Mars mission.

  18. Washington Examiner

    Trump signs executive order creating US Space Academy (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday establishing the U.S. Space Academy, an institution he says will be the next U.S. military academy focused on training astronauts, engineers, scientists, and warfighters to lead the country into the future of space exploration and defense.

  19. The National Pulse

    Trump Signs Order Establishing U.S. Space Academy. (opens The National Pulse)

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    President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order establishing a NASA-led Presidential Commission to develop a federally chartered United States Space Academy.

  20. NBC News

    President Trump announces new Space Force Academy ahead of NASA launch (opens NBC News)

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    As NASA prepares to make history this weekend with the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, expected to dramatically expand our view into the universe, President Trump today announced a new academy for the Space Force branch of the military. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports.

  21. Omaha World-Herald

    Trump signs order to create Space Academy (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    HOUSTON — President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to create a U.S. Space Academy, billing it as a new military and civilian institution modeled after West Point and other military service academies.

  22. BizPac Review

    Trump unveils Space Force Academy; talks nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft (opens BizPac Review)

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    President Donald Trump has revealed a new military academy for the Space Force to prepare the next generation of fighters. While giving a speech from the NASA […]

  23. Objectivist

  24. The Boston Globe

    Trump creates a space academy and honors the Artemis astronauts (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    Declaring that space exploration is "the hot thing," President Trump on Friday signed an executive order creating a US space academy.

  25. Time

    What Is Trump’s U.S. Space Academy? (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    President Donald Trump has set plans in motion for a first-of-its-kind federal academy dedicated to the future leaders of a new space age.

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