Video: The White House, “President Trump Delivers Remarks, Nov. 6, 2026” (Cape Canaveral, Florida), embedded with the official YouTube player. Recorded Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Uploaded by The White House on Nov. 6, 2026. Running time 31:11.
President Donald Trump used a Friday evening speech at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to announce that the center’s former Space Shuttle runway will become the home of a major annual American air and space show, pitched as a U.S. rival to the big European and Middle Eastern aviation fairs. The White House posted the full 31-minute address on its official YouTube channel the same evening.
Key Points
- Trump spoke on Nov. 6, 2026, at the UP.Summit during NASA’s MAX POWER aerospace expo at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- He said the former Shuttle Landing Facility will be turned into a 1,900-acre venue for air and space demonstrations, according to a Roll Call Factba.se transcript.
- NASA has since named the event CAPEWEEK, an annual expo set to debut March 27 to April 2, 2028, at the Shuttle Landing Facility.
- The same week, NASA opened astronaut applications through Dec. 3, announced a $1 million student Moon Base challenge and unveiled the X-70 Fractal X-plane.
- NASA says the Artemis III crew will test docking with commercial lunar landers in low Earth orbit in 2027, ahead of a planned Moon landing in 2028.
What Happened?
Trump visited Kennedy Space Center on Friday, Nov. 6, during the UP.Summit, one of several events held under NASA’s MAX POWER banner from Nov. 4 to 8. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman greeted him on arrival, according to NASA’s photo record of the visit.
In the speech, Trump described the runway built for the Space Shuttle as the site of a new showcase for American aircraft and spacecraft. He said the former Shuttle Landing Facility would be “transformed into a 1,900-acre venue” and argued that the world’s leading aviation shows have for decades been held overseas, naming Paris, the United Kingdom and Dubai, according to the Roll Call Factba.se transcript of the remarks.
He said the show would grow into the largest of its kind “within two years” and would include commercial aircraft as well as space hardware. At the end of the address, Isaacman returned to the stage and presented Trump with a plaque that he said NASA would install on the runway.
Background and Context
MAX POWER was NASA’s first aerospace expo and air show, held on and around the Shuttle Landing Facility as part of the agency’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. NASA said the multi-day program included flyovers by NASA research aircraft, a skydive by Isaacman and an air show headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
The setting carries history. NASA calls it Kennedy’s historic Shuttle Landing Facility, the runway built for the Space Shuttle program, and Trump used it in the speech as a symbol of what he called a revival of the space program. The White House also posted a separate one-minute clip of the remarks on Nov. 9.
The speech came during a year that NASA describes as the year of Artemis II’s voyage around the Moon. Trump told the audience that the Artemis II crew of Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen was present, along with Artemis III astronauts Randy Bresnik and Frank Rubio.
Detailed Explanation and Analysis
The central announcement is a venue, not a single event. In the speech Trump framed it as an American answer to the Paris Air Show, where aircraft makers traditionally unveil new jets and sign large orders. NASA’s own summary, published Nov. 9, puts a name and a date on the plan: CAPEWEEK, described as the Great American Aerospace and Technology Expo, set to debut March 27 to April 2, 2028, at the Shuttle Landing Facility through a public and private partnership. NASA says it expects the event’s footprint to grow to more than 500,000 people over time.
Two timelines are worth separating. Trump said the show would become the world’s biggest “within two years.” NASA’s published debut is spring 2028. Readers should treat attendance and economic figures mentioned in the speech, including hundreds of thousands of annual visitors and billions of dollars in impact, as the president’s projections rather than published estimates.
The address also covered space policy. Trump said Artemis III would fly next summer to test lunar landers in orbit and that American astronauts would return to the lunar surface before the end of his term. NASA’s description is more specific: Bresnik, Rubio, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will fly Orion on the Space Launch System in 2027 to test docking with Blue Origin and SpaceX lander test articles, laying the groundwork for a Moon landing in 2028.
Trump also pointed to earlier executive actions, including an order lifting the ban on supersonic flight over land and a planned U.S. Space Academy, and said NASA would launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars within two years. He spent part of the speech on the economy, Iran and the midterm results. This article focuses on the aerospace announcements tied to the Kennedy Space Center site.
Data Table: MAX POWER Announcements at a Glance
| Announcement | Key detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Air and space show venue | Former Shuttle Landing Facility, 1,900 acres | Trump remarks, Nov. 6 (Factba.se transcript) |
| CAPEWEEK expo | Debuts March 27 to April 2, 2028 | NASA, Nov. 9 |
| Astronaut applications | Open through Thursday, Dec. 3 | NASA, Nov. 9 |
| Student Moon Base challenge | $1 million competition | NASA, Nov. 9 |
| Moon Base awards | Awards, task orders and selections involving 12 companies, including the PROMISE nuclear-powered rover | NASA, Nov. 9 |
| New X-plane | X-70 Fractal experimental aircraft | NASA, Nov. 9 |
Data checked Nov. 10, 2026, against NASA’s MAX POWER summary and the Factba.se transcript.
What Happens Next?
NASA’s astronaut application window closes Thursday, Dec. 3, 2026. The Artemis III test flight in low Earth orbit is planned for 2027, and NASA lists a Moon landing in 2028. CAPEWEEK is scheduled to open at the Shuttle Landing Facility on March 27, 2028. No separate White House or NASA document with a cost estimate for the venue had been published as of Nov. 10.
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Original Sources and References
- The White House on YouTube: President Trump Delivers Remarks, Nov. 6, 2026 (original video, uploaded Nov. 6, 2026)
- NASA: MAX POWER: NASA’s Inaugural Aerospace Expo Ignites America’s Future (Nov. 9, 2026)
- Roll Call Factba.se: Transcript of the Nov. 6, 2026, remarks at Kennedy Space Center
- The White House: President Trump Delivers Remarks at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (clip, Nov. 9, 2026)
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