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Trump to award Artemis II crew Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Aug. 28

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President Donald Trump will present NASA’s Artemis II astronauts with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor during a ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug. 28. The crew flew around the moon on the Artemis II mission, marking formal national recognition of the expedition.

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  • The award provides formal national recognition for the Artemis II crew’s lunar mission and underscores the mission’s significance within the U.S. human-spaceflight program.
  • The Aug. 28 ceremony at Johnson Space Center gives NASA a high-profile moment to recognize the astronauts who flew around the moon, reinforcing the agency’s human-exploration priorities.

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