Trump orders creation of US ‘Space Academy’, amid rivalry with China

US President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a “Space Academy” to train future civilian and military recruits for an arena where the United States faces rivalry with China. Speaking at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Trump said the institution would be modelled on the famed US military academy

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. So, you think of West Point, and you think of Annapolis, and you think of the Air Force Academy, and you…

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

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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., and the United Stat

President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he would sign an executive order to create a new military academy, the U.S. Space Academy.

President Donald Trump began the process of creating a “US space academy,” in a move he said would help bolster military and civilian missions to space.

HOUSTON, Aug 28 : President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to begin creating a U.S. Space Academy, a new institution modeled on West Point and other top U.S. military service academies."It's called the U.S. Space Academy. That's a big deal," Trump said during a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center in