STARS Act of 2026

(a) In general. There is established, as an academy of the United States within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Space Academy, which shall provide undergraduate technical education, leadership development, and commissioning or civil-service preparation pathways for future leaders of the space domain.

(b) Relationship to Commission. The Administrator shall, in developing the governance, curriculum, and implementation plan for the Academy, consider the recommendations of the Commission, except that no recommendation of the Commission may supersede the site-selection requirement of section 5.