NASA says President Donald J. Trump will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to each member of the Artemis II crew during a ceremony at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28 at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
According to NASA, the Artemis II crew completed a 10-day mission around the Moon on April 10, flying on the Orion spacecraft. NASA said the mission marked the first astronauts to fly aboard Orion and the first crewed flight beyond the Moon in more than 50 years.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is expected to join the President and astronauts at the awards ceremony, the agency said.
The event is expected to be livestreamed across multiple platforms, with NASA directing viewers to nasa.gov/live for online viewing information.
NASA also noted that limited media credentialing is available in addition to pooled media coverage, with a deadline of 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 25 to apply.