Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot
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The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year have received the nation's highest space honor. President Donald Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian on Friday.
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President Donald J. Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to all four members of NASA’s Artemis II crew during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 28.
President Donald J. Trump will be traveling to Houston to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the historic Artemis II crew at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Artemis II crew honored at Johnson Space Center The ceremony will be held on Friday starting at 11 a.m.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission during a ceremony this Friday at the Johnson Space Center.
The group blasted off on Wednesday, April 1 and returned Friday, April 10 in the first crewed journey around the moon in more than 50 years. They also traveled deeper into space than anyone else in history.
President Donald Trump participates in a Congressional Space Medal of Honor ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Houston, and puts a medal on Artemis II Astronaut and Mission Specialist, Jeremy Hansen.
The four astronauts who completed a mission around the moon earlier this year will receive a top honor on Friday. NASA's Artemis II crew will be given the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Donald Trump at a special ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
President Donald J. Trump will be at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Friday morning to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the historic Artemis II crew. Artemis II crew honored at Johnson Space Center The ceremony will be held on Friday starting at 10 a.m.
President Trump will honor the four-person Artemis II crew Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, months after the astronauts completed the first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years.
President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian whose April lunar flyby set a new distance record for humanity.
President Donald Trump is spending Friday in Houston, where he'll honor the Artemis II NASA crew for their 10-day mission around the moon earlier this year.
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The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year have received the nation's highest space honor. President Donald Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian on Friday.
President Trump awarded NASA's Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday during a visit to Johnson Space Center in Houston. U.S. astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen all received the honor four months after their historic miss…
The president presented the four Artemis II astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor after a long self-congratulatory speech Friday.
President Donald Trump flew to Texas Friday to award the Artemis II team with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor—but still managed to make the event all about him. After making the team wait on stage for him for half an hour, the president began his meandering speech by recounting his experience…
President Donald Trump on Friday bestowed the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on the Artemis II crew during a ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
President Donald Trump presented Congressional Space Medals of Honor on Friday to the Artemis II astronauts, who successfully journeyed around the moon in April.
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - President Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II Astronauts on Friday at a Johnson Space Center ceremony in Houston, Texas. Content created by Conservative Daily News is available for re-publication without charge under the Creative Commons…
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