In the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump confirmed what had long been whispered: U.S. Space Command will leave Colorado Springs and plant its flag in Huntsville, Alabama — the city already known in American lore as “Rocket City.”
“I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama — forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City,” Trump said, relishing the phrase. He was not inventing the name, but reclaiming it, making it a banner of purpose.
The decision was more than bureaucratic. It was, in Trump’s telling, about defending the “high frontier,” the realm where satellites circle and missiles arc. He spoke of a “Golden Dome” integrated defense system, suggesting an ambition not merely to build bases but to shield a nation.
And there was a political edge.
“We initially selected Huntsville for the SPACECOM headquarters, yet those plans were wrongfully obstructed by the Biden administration,” Trump said. “Today, we’re moving forward with what we want to do.”
At his side stood Alabama’s Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who supplied the practical footnote: Huntsville, he said, will be nearly half a billion dollars less expensive than the Colorado site.
So the command moves south, to a city that once built the rockets that carried Apollo to the moon. It is fitting, perhaps, that in a new era of competition in the heavens, the United States looks again to Rocket City.
Watch the announcement below:
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump is moving the SPACE COMMAND HQ to HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA – "Rocket City."
Democrats are officially FURIOUS that President Trump has emerged in good shape and energetic from the Oval office.
+30 THOUSAND Alabama jobs, billions in investments.
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 2, 2025
.@POTUS: This will result in more than 30,000 Alabama jobs… and billions of dollars of investment… Most importantly, this decision will help America defend and dominate the High Frontier. https://t.co/ORQ1RXY3v6 pic.twitter.com/5sZKVNMdpe
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 2, 2025
