Artemis II Crew Honored with Space Medal | Panama City Beach News

Artemis II astronauts, who just shattered the moon distance record in a historic flyby, were honored with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor — joining an elite, mostly posthumous group that includes Neil Armstrong. President Trump presented the award and unveiled a new U.S. Space Academy to train future space explorers for NASA, the Space Force, and commercial industry. With plans for a lunar landing by 2028 and a sustainable moon base on the horizon, this marks a bold new era of space competition — and the astronauts even gifted the president a custom flight jacket before he connected with ISS crew members and their families. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/ca5c175a0b05279d