Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot
The four astronauts were honored for an April lunar flyby that set a new distance record and helped test NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
- President Donald Trump arrives in Houston, Texas, on Thursday for a two-day visit, beginning with a political event and concluding Friday at NASA's Johnson Space Center to honor the Artemis II crew.
- On Thursday evening, Trump attends a closed-door Republican National Committee fundraiser, where ticket prices range from $10,000 to nearly $500,000 to support the party's effort to retain control of Congress.
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins the president Friday at the Johnson Space Center to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four Artemis II astronauts for their historic lunar mission.
- The visit focuses on the competitive Texas Senate race between Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, a contest considered a toss-up despite Texas' history of supporting Trump.
- Midterm elections act as a referendum on the presidency, though Republicans hold an advantage this year after redistricting, even as Trump faces a 38% national approval rating against 59% disapproval.
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In fact, four astronauts were supposed to be celebrated at the Johnson Space Center, but Donald Trump made it his own show. The US President boasted with success, attacked Barack Obama and for a short time even completely lost orientation.
POLITICS: BREAKING: President Trump Make Space Announcement from Houston! – Video
President Trump Awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and delivers Speech on Space Exploration. President Trump awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to NASA Artemis II crew members in Houston. source Source
Nasa scientists praised for ‘masterclass’ reaction to Trump speech
US president Donald Trump received a muted response from Nasa scientists to a speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Friday, with those behind him seen expressionless and giving no reaction to the Republican's remarks. He was there to award congressional space medals of honour to all four Artemis II crew members.
"We are proud to award today the Congressional Space Honour Medal to the extraordinary crew of Artemis II," said the US President at a ceremony at the Nasa Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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