Trump honors Artemis II astronauts — but only after revealing what he wants to build next

Trump, who was nearly half an hour late to the Texas ceremony, also wound up in the awkward position of presenting the first medal to a Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, amid a raging tariff war with the US’s northern neighbors

President Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, which took a journey around the moon.

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

Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot  AP News

President Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of Artemis II and announced the creation of a U.S. Space Academy on Friday. CBS News' Bill Harwood and Ed O'Keefe have more.

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.