President Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for their service during the Artemis II mission.

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• Ceremony held Aug. 28, 2026 at NASA's Johnson Space Center, honoring the first medal recipients since 2023.
• Artemis II launched April 1 and splashed down April 10, traveling 252,756 miles from Earth and 695,081 miles total.
• There are now 34 recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor since the space program began.

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