WATCH: Trump bestows Artemis II crew with Congressional Space Medal of Honor
Summary
President Donald Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four astronauts who flew around the moon on the Artemis II mission. He also announced plans to create a U.S. Space Academy for the Space Force, NASA, and the commercial space sector.Key Facts
- The Artemis II crew included three Americans and one Canadian astronaut.
- Their mission in April set a new distance record from Earth by flying around the moon.
- The astronauts were Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen.
- They tested NASA’s new Orion spacecraft on this flight.
- This was the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years.
- They launched on NASA’s new moon rocket, a 30-story tall rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
- The award ceremony took place at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- President Trump announced the creation of a U.S. Space Academy, but the location is still unknown.
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