Trump Presents Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II Crew

President Donald J. Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday to NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, in recognition of their service on the Artemis II mission. The ceremony took place at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, marking the first time a U.S. president has conferred the nation’s highest space‑flight honor for participation in a crewed lunar mission since the Apollo program.

The award acknowledges the historic significance of Artemis II, the inaugural crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts on a lunar flyby and set the stage for future lunar surface exploration. By honoring the mixed‑nationality crew, the ceremony highlighted the continued collaboration between the United States and its international partners in advancing deep‑space capabilities and reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to the Artemis program’s objectives.