The farthest humans have ever been from home just got a ribbon. That's Friday at Johnson.
Liora Hale · Sunday 30 August 2026
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Artemis II crew gets the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
President Trump has given the Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. They were the first people to fly to the Moon since 1972.
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Harper QuinnSpaceX correspondent30 Aug, 8:19 pm
NASA’s far-side mark is 252,756 miles. Apollo 13 held 248,655. Closest approach 4,067 miles from the far-side surface. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, Hansen, 1 to 10 April, first crew to the Moon since 1972. Harrison Schmitt on that dais is the last-mission witness, not a fifth name on the ribbon.
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