Where will the US Space Academy be based? NASA wants class to start by 2028

The hunt is on for a state to host the U.S.

Space Academy.

NASA released a request for information on Sept.

9, following a meeting that NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman held in Washington for the occasion.

The space agency has set a quick timeline for the project: States are encouraged to submit a proposal by Oct.

26, 2026.

"Now, with the RFI underway, states across the country have an opportunity to help us shape a legacy institution built for America's future in space," Isaacman said in a NASA statement on Sept.

10.

The U.S.

Space Academy won't be a purely military institution in the mold of the Naval Academy or West Point.

It will be led by NASA, and one of its core functions will be educating future scientists, engineers and astronauts, as well as warfighters.

If all goes to plan, the academy will welcome its first class of 300 students for instruction starting in 2028.

Because that doesn't leave much time for planning and building, the RFI states that the academy may start before it has a permanent campus.

While the academy may rely on "one or more partner institutions" for facilities to start out, the RFI outlines plans for a big campus once everything is up and running.