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Sunday 11 October 2026

Elon Musk receives the National Medal of Science from Trump

Elon Musk received the National Medal of Science from Donald Trump at the White House summit on 8 October, alongside Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su.

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Elon Musk has been awarded the National Medal of Science, the highest honour the United States can give a scientist or engineer. President Donald Trump presented it at the White House's Science: A New Golden Age Summit in Washington on Thursday 8 October, US time.

Elon Musk in a black cap, sunglasses and jacket seated on stage at a conference — Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0), cropped

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