During a speech at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the president announced that he would sign an executive order to create the U.S. Space Academy.
Speaking about the future of space travel, Trump said, “It’s clear that we need to educate and train an entire generation of skilled service members, engineers, civil operators … and that’s why in a few moments we’re going to get an executive order to begin the process of creating a new national academy. It’s called the U.S. Space Academy. “
He added, “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. Great, they’re all great, but we’re going to have now the Space Force. We’re going to have an academy for what the people in this room love the most.”
The most recently created federal military academy is the Air Force Academy, which was launched in 1954.