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Politics

Trump announces creation of U.S. Space Academy

Washington Post Politics · August 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM

The school will serve the Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the military President Donald Trump created during his first term, as well as NASA and the growing civilian spaceflight industry.

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