President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to create a new military academy — the U.S. Space Academy — dedicated to educating those pursuing jobs in space.
\n\nAnnouncing the plan in an appearance at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Trump said “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” inspired the new academy.
\n\n“It’s clear that we need to educate and train an entire generation of skilled service members, engineers, civil operators, and everything else to do what we have to do,” he added.
\n\nMinutes after the announcement, Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission, who flew around the moon earlier this year.
\n\nTrump also plans to make history later on Friday by becoming the first president to call astronauts on the International Space Station from Mission Control at Johnson.
\n\nDuring his remarks there, the president offered few details about the future space academy, telling attendees that he would be choosing a location “very shortly.”
\n\nHe did say that the academy will train civilians for jobs at NASA and in…
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