Jeremy Hansen becomes first non-NASA astronaut to receive U.S. Space Medal of Honor

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is set to visit Houston with his Artemis II crewmates to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

President Trump awarded NASA’s Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday during a visit to Johnson Space Center in Houston. U.S. astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen all received the honor four months after their historic mission in which the cre

The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year have received the nation's highest space honor

The Artemis II crew completed a historic 10-day mission around the moon on April 10, becoming the first humans to travel beyond the moon in more than 50 years.