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

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President Donald Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen during an Aug. 28 ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew is the first to fly around the moon in more than 50 years.

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  • The award recognizes Artemis II’s significance as the first crewed lunar mission in more than five decades, underscoring the program’s role in returning human spaceflight to the moon.
  • The Aug. 28 ceremony at Johnson Space Center places NASA’s human-spaceflight program and its international crew—representing the U.S. and Canada—at the center of a high-profile national event.

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