President Donald Trump on Friday bestowed the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on the Artemis II crew during a ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The group blasted off on Wednesday, April 1 and returned Friday, April 10 in the first crewed journey around the moon in more than 50 years. They also traveled deeper into space than anyone else in history.
President Trump presented Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday. The president also signed an executive order to establish a U.S. Space Academy. #space #NASA #ArtemisII Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
President Trump will honor the four-person Artemis II crew Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, months after the astronauts completed the first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years. The mission, which took the crew further into space than ever before, was a major step in the Trump administration's push to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2028. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor during the ceremony. Trump is also set to call the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. #trump #nasa #artemis2
On Friday's "Greg Kelly Reports," Artemis II astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor, Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen joined to detail their historic mission around the moon.
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen join "GMA" after their historic mission around the moon, farther than any humans have ever traveled.
Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover and Christina Koch recall their out-of-this-world moon mission.
President Trump on Wednesday afternoon will welcome the astronauts from NASA's historic Artemis II moon fly-by mission to the White House. The four-member crew — commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — returned to Earth earlier this month after a 10-day mission that took the astronauts further into space than ever before. It marked a significant step for the space agency as it looks to return to the moon by 2028. The president called the crew while in space and invited them to the White House while also asking for their autographs. It also comes after NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testified before the House and Senate on Trump's fiscal 2027…
The group of four astronauts, which included three NASA astronauts and one astronaut from Canada, consisted of Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen.
In a press conference on Thursday, Reid Wiseman expressed his appreciation for his fellow Artemis II astronauts.