Overview
- NASA announced that President Trump will present the medals at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, in Houston and that NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will attend.
- The medals recognize the four crew members who completed the 10-day Artemis II lunar flyby in April, the first human voyage beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo.
- Reporting differs on two details: NASA lists the Johnson Space Center as the venue while a White House official was reported to name Joint Reserve Base Ellington, and some advisories refer only to "NASA's Artemis II crew members," creating ambiguity over whether CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be included.
- The event will be streamed live and limited on-site media credentials are available, with NASA providing a pooled feed and an online viewing link for the public.
- The Congressional Space Medal of Honor is a rare presidential award given in the name of Congress on the NASA administrator’s recommendation, and this ceremony will bring renewed attention to the Artemis program and its next mission milestones.