{"id":874431,"date":"2026-10-07T22:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874431\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:22:07","slug":"west-virginia-submitting-application-for-u-s-space-academy-governor-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874431\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia submitting application for U.S. Space Academy, governor announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) \u2014 West Virginia is applying to be the home of <a href=\"https:\/\/wvspaceacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the United States Space Academy<\/a>, state officials announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>NASA is looking to break ground on a permanent campus by 2027 to prepare for an inaugural class of about 300 students the following year, according to a news release from Gov. Patrick Morrisey\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The release said the academy would require at least 300 acres of land and would potentially expand to accommodate 4,000 students.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisey noted grant resource centers at Marshall University and West Virginia University are assisting with the state\u2019s submission.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Space Academy was launched earlier this year through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/08\/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an executive order issued by President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be a tough competition, but West Virginia has a strong case to make,\u201d Morrisey stated in the news release. \u201cWe are going to fight for every opportunity that can bring good-paying jobs to our state, grow our economy and help make West Virginia more affordable for our families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for the application is set for Oct. 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) \u2014 West Virginia is applying to be the home of the United States Space Academy,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-874431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}