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Artemis II astronauts receive nation's highest space honor for their successful moonshot

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor

The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon in April received the US’s highest space honor on Friday.

Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian whose lunar flyby for the US space agency Nasa set a new distance record for humanity.

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Β© Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

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Artemis II astronauts receive nation's highest space honor for their successful moonshot

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor

The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon in April received the US’s highest space honor on Friday.

Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian whose lunar flyby for the US space agency Nasa set a new distance record for humanity.

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Β© Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

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Nasa space telescope launches after surviving Trump budget cuts

Searching for exoplanets and clues on planet formation, the Roman telescope begins million-mile journey from Florida launchpad

A $4.3bn space telescope that Donald Trump tried to kill has lifted off from Florida as Nasa embarks on the next stage of its quest to unlock the secrets of the universe.

The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope survived two rounds of proposed White House budget cuts, and began a million-mile journey into deep space from a launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday morning. .

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Β© Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

Β© Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

Β© Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

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Nasa space telescope launches after surviving Trump budget cuts

Searching for exoplanets and clues on planet formation, the Roman telescope begins million-mile journey from Florida launchpad

A $4.3bn space telescope that Donald Trump tried to kill has lifted off from Florida as Nasa embarks on the next stage of its quest to unlock the secrets of the universe.

The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope survived two rounds of proposed White House budget cuts, and began a million-mile journey into deep space from a launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday morning. .

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Β© Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

Β© Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

Β© Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

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NASA is preparing to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Here's what to know

NASA plans to soon launch a new space telescope that will survey a billion galaxies to trace how the universe evolved over time, all courtesy of America's spy program and decades of research into detector technology. Once in position, it will take data that astronomers hope will help answer some of the field's most puzzling questions.

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