What Did the Artemis II Crew Give to President Trump?
Trump honored Artemis II astronauts with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor before a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump traveled to Texas to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II team ahead of a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
- The crowd remained silent during Trump's speech, which drew immediate mockery from observers online. One poster described it as "Just a brutally awkward speech that is going over like farts in church."
- Torabi captured Trump attempting to secure applause by claiming, "Don't forget I was the one that gave you Space Force." Fox News cut live coverage as Trump rambled about not calling Democrats "Dumocrats."
- Former Rep Joe Walsh condemned the performance, saying, "He dirties, he corrupts, he sullies." Republicans Against Trump added that Trump seems "out of touch with ordinary Americans."
- Jim Stewartson, who writes "The Mind War," quipped that Trump's "alternate reality is clashing mightily with the actual human beings who still work at NASA." Ron Shillman noted astronauts were training for the "boredom of space.
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During a Nasa visit, US President Trump praises the Artemis-2 crew. New professionals are to be trained in a space academy, which is also used by the US military. The US is once again striving for a manned moon landing.
On Friday, American President Donald Trump decorated the astronauts of the Artemis II space mission, who flew around the moon in April 2026 and then dropped the record distance to Earth set by their predecessors of the Apollo monthly program, AFP reports, according to Agerpres.
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(Agenzia Vista) Houston, Texas, USA August 28, 2026 "Mr. President, when we were in your office and you were so kind to us, filling us with gifts and devoting so much of your time, we had mentioned the idea of giving you one of these blue flight jackets." So the astronaut Victor Glover while delivering Trump a personalized Nasa jacket. Courtesy: White House Source: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev
Trump Honors Artemis II Crew in Houston, Announces US Space Academy
The President touted plans for a permanent presence on the Moon while presenting the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew. The post Trump Honors Artemis II Crew in Houston, Announces US Space Academy appeared first on Texas Scorecard.
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What did the Artemis II crew give to President Trump?
President Trump honors the Artemis II crew, unveils a US Space Academy, and receives a NASA flight jacket.
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