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Artemis II commander and pilot Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman transition to NASA emeritus status

Following the landmark Artemis II lunar mission, NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman are leaving the agency’s active astronaut corps and transitioning to emeritus status in September. The crew recently received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

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The move marks a leadership transition after Artemis II, the mission that carried Glover, Wiseman, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a landmark lunar flight.
Glover and Wiseman will transition to emeritus status at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in September, reducing the agency’s active astronaut leadership following the mission.
The crew’s receipt of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor underscores the mission’s institutional significance for NASA’s human-spaceflight program.

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