WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump will host the four astronauts from the Artemis II mission at the White House on Wednesday, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n
The crew broke the record for the farthest distance traveled from Earth during a 10-day lunar flyby this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump is honored to host the legendary crew in the Oval Office tomorrow to celebrate their unmatched achievements,\u201d White House spokeswoman Liz Huston told The Post.<\/p>\n
The Artemis II crew is heading tot he White House. NASA via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to President Trump\u2019s leadership and the excellence of the Artemis II crew, America is leading the world in space exploration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to President Trump\u2019s leadership and the excellence of the Artemis II crew, America is leading the world in space exploration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Follow the latest on NASA\u2019s Artemis II:<\/p>\n
The Artemis II\u2019s 10-day journey. Donald Pearsall \/ NY Post Design\/ NASA<\/p>\n
The Orion capsule being used in the Artemis II mission. Donald Pearsall \/ NY Post Design \/ ESA<\/p>\n
Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are expected to join the president in the Oval Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Artemis mission garnered significant public interest and Trump watched the team\u2019s April 11 return to Earth live from his winery in Charlottesville, Va.<\/p>\n
The astronauts made the historic moon mission \u2014 and got humanity one step closer to returning to the lunar surface. NASA via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Trump and his guests had a TV wheeled in to watch the dramatic splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n
Since his first term, the president has supported returning astronauts to the moon, which humans last visited in 1972.<\/p>\n
NASA\u00a0intends to launch the Artemis III mission next year to test docking capabilities with the spacecraft needed to land on the moon.<\/p>\n