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Artemis II Crew Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor for Historic Lunar Flyby

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

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  • The Congressional Space Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest space honor, recognizing the Artemis II crew’s successful crewed lunar flyby.
  • The ceremony formalizes national recognition for the first astronauts to fly around the moon in more than 50 years, including Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
  • The presentation follows the previously announced plan for the crew to receive the award at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, underscoring the mission’s significance to the Artemis program.

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