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Artemis II astronauts receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor for historic lunar flyby

President Donald Trump presented NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The award recognizes the crew’s successful Artemis II mission and historic flight around the moon earlier this year.

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The ceremony gives the Artemis II crew the United States’ highest space honor, underscoring the mission’s significance as the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
The recognition follows the previously announced plan for the astronauts to receive the award at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, marking the milestone’s formal national acknowledgment.

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