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Artemis II Crew Honored for Historic Moon Mission | Seattle News
President Trump is set to honor the Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor this Friday, celebrating their historic 10-day lunar voyage—the first time humans have traveled that far beyond Earth in half a century. The astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, not only orbited the Moon but shattered the distance record at 695,081 miles, surpassing Apollo 13’s old mark. Their mission was a critical test flight for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, paving the way for future lunar and deep-space exploration. The ceremony at NASA’s…
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