Trump to Award Top Space Honor to Artemis II Astronauts

President Donald Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission on August 28. The mission, which flew in April, achieved a historic milestone by traveling farther from Earth than any previous crew.

The recipients of the prestigious award are NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency. They returned to Earth on April 10 after a ten-day journey that orbited the Moon. This marked the first time humans had traveled beyond the Moon in over half a century, aboard the Orion spacecraft.

The award ceremony is scheduled for 11:00 AM local time on Friday, August 28, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Congressional Space Medal of Honor, established in 1969, is the highest distinction awarded by NASA, with past recipients including legendary figures like Neil Armstrong and John Glenn.