Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Trump Calls Space Station During NASA Mission Control Visit
President Trump visited NASA’s Mission Control in Houston.
He spoke by video with astronauts living on the International Space Station.
They discussed science experiments and how astronauts work in space.
They also talked about preparing for future trips to Mars.
Trump honored the four astronauts who will fly around the Moon on Artemis II.
This mission would be the first human trip into deep space since the Apollo era.
He also signed an order to create a commission for a U.S. Space Academy.
The academy initiative is intended to provide more training for people working in space programs.
President Donald Trump placed a live call to astronauts aboard the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The conversation covered microgravity research, station operations and preparation for future crewed missions to Mars.
Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four-person Artemis II crew.
The Artemis II crew includes Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Trump signed an executive order creating a Presidential Commission on the U.S. Space Academy.
- Who
- President Donald Trump, astronauts aboard the International Space Station, and the Artemis II crew: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.
- What
- Trump called the International Space Station, honored the Artemis II crew and signed an order establishing a Presidential Commission on the U.S. Space Academy.
- Where
- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
- Why
- The event focused on American space leadership, upcoming deep-space missions, astronaut recognition and expanded space-industry training.
- Location
- NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston
- Call destination
- International Space Station, about 250 miles above Earth
- Honored crew
- Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen
- Mission goal
- A crewed flyby around the Moon
- Historical significance
- The mission is described as the first human deep-space journey since the Apollo era
- New initiative
- Presidential Commission on the U.S. Space Academy
- Training focus
- Commercial space, military and civil spaceflight programs