Trump Awards Artemis II Crew with Congressional Space Medal of Honor
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Trump awards Artemis II crew with congressional space Medal of Honor President Trump awarded NASA’s Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday during a visit to Johnson Space Center in Houston. U.S. astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen all received the honor four months after their historic mission in which the crew flew by the moon.…
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PBS NewsHourWATCH: Trump bestows Artemis II crew with Congressional Space Medal of Honor President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian whose April lunar flyby set a new distance record for humanity.
ABC NewsReid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen were honored. President Donald Trump on Friday bestowed the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on the Artemis II crew, marking their historic achievement during a ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
BreitbartPresident Donald Trump presented Congressional Space Medals of Honor on Friday to the Artemis II astronauts, who successfully journeyed around the moon in April.
Washington ExaminerPresident Donald Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday to the four Artemis II crew members to honor their flight around the moon.
Washington TimesPresident Trump is awarding the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of Artemis II, the first humans to travel near the moon in more than half a century.
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The president recounted watching Artemis II during its mission. “I was at a very important meeting with the biggest people in the country, maybe some of the biggest people in the world, and somebody said, ‘I’d like to watch Artemis.’ I said, ‘You would? Really? Right in the middle of our meeting you want to watch?'” Trump said.
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ABC NewsJoined at the event by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, the president told a story about being in an important meeting with "the biggest people in the country, maybe some of the biggest people in the world" when someone asked to watch the Artemis II mission.
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Trump also announced in his remarks that the United States is establishing the U.S. Space Academy, which is a new national military academy
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ABC NewsThe president used Friday's occasion to sign an executive order establishing the U.S. Space Academy, a national academy similar to the service academies for the armed forces, such as West Point and the Air Force Academy.
Washington TimesMeanwhile, Mr. Trump announced he’s launching the Space Academy, putting it on par with military academies at West Point and Annapolis.
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01 Washington Examiner The four crew members were the first humans to return to the region in space where the moon orbits in decades, setting the record for the longest distance mankind has traveled from Earth.
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02 Breitbart “We gather here on these storied grounds, though, to celebrate the immense courage and service of four intrepid space heroes whose sense of daring and adventure led them further from Earth than anyone has ever traveled before,” Trump said ahead of the ceremony.
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03 ABC News "We gather here on these storied grounds to celebrate the immense courage and service of four intrepid space heroes whose sense of daring and adventure led them further from Earth than anyone has ever traveled before," Trump said.
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04 Washington Times He also said he will create the U.S. Space Academy to train the next generation of explorers reaching for the stars.
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