The four-member crew of the Artemis II lunar flyby mission will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the United States' highest space award.
The crew of the Artemis II lunar flyby mission has been awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA announced. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen will receive the award on August 28.
The four astronauts broke the record for farthest distance traveled from Earth during their historic mission, according to the space agency.
NASA researchers and photographers documented a total solar eclipse that darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland and Spain on August 12, capturing images from ground, air and space.
A selection of images from the week of 17-21 August 2026 includes space activities, a solar eclipse and aerial views of Europe.
NASA has canceled a robotic mission designed to rescue the Swift space telescope from orbital decay after the rescue spacecraft experienced control system failures.