Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot
On Friday, Artemis II astronauts who orbited the moon earlier this year were awarded the nation's highest space honor. President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four astronauts: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen. The astronauts flew around the moon in April, breaking the distance record and testing NASA's new Orion capsule.
They also launched aboard NASA's new moon rocket, setting the stage for future missions. President Trump announced the creation of a U.S. Space Academy for the Space Force and NASA, with a location yet to be determined. The astronauts called him and other dignitaries "four intrepid space heroes," thanking all who contributed to the Artemis II mission.
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