Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Artemis II Crew to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor
Four astronauts who flew around the Moon will receive a very important United States space award.
Their names are Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.
They flew on the Artemis II mission for 10 days.
The mission began on 1 April and took them farther from Earth than any humans had traveled before.
They reached about 252,756 miles from Earth.
This broke the distance record set by the Apollo 13 astronauts.
President Donald Trump chose them for the award after a recommendation from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
The medal ceremony will happen on 28 August in Houston.
NASA will show the ceremony online.
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on 28 August.
President Donald Trump selected the four astronauts after NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman recommended them.
The Artemis II crew completed a 10-day lunar flyby mission that began on 1 April.
The astronauts traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing the Apollo 13 distance record from 1970.
The ceremony will take place at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and will be livestreamed by NASA.
- Who
- Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen will receive the award.
- What
- They will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest space honor.
- When
- The ceremony is scheduled for 28 August at 11 a.m.; the mission began on 1 April and lasted 10 days.
- Where
- The ceremony will be held at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- Why
- The astronauts are being recognized for their historic Artemis II lunar flyby, including traveling farther from Earth than any previous humans.
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- Recipients
- Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen
- Award
- Congressional Space Medal of Honor
- Ceremony date
- 28 August
- Ceremony location
- NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston
- Mission duration
- 10 days
- Distance reached
- 252,756 miles (406,771 kilometers) from Earth
- Previous record
- Apollo 13 reached 248,655 miles from Earth in 1970