Artemis II astronauts receive nation's highest space honor for their successful moonshot
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
TL;DR
- The Artemis II astronauts received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for their lunar flyby.
- President Donald Trump presented the award and announced the creation of a US space academy.
- The Artemis II mission set a new distance record for humanity and tested NASA's new Orion capsule.
- Future Artemis missions aim for lunar landings, with plans for a sustainable moon base.
- The award ceremony recognized past recipients, including Neil Armstrong and astronauts from the Apollo program.