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President Trump Awards Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II Crew Members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen

President Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The four astronauts received the nation's highest space honor for their record-breaking lunar flyby, which set a new distance record for humanity. During the ceremony, the administration announced the creation of a U.S. Space Academy to train the best of the nation's space force, NASA, and the commercial spaceflight industry. President Trump highlighted the success of the space program under the administration, noting that the United States had emerged from a 'dark age' of space exploration to a 'golden age.' He also expressed his goal to return Americans to the moon before his second presidency ends. The crew members, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, were honored for their brave and meritorious efforts. The ceremony included dozens of other astronauts, and President Trump concluded the event by speaking with the astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station.

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