Trump to host Artemis II astronauts at White House
( NewsNation ) — President Donald Trump will meet with the four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission at the White House three weeks after they returned from the moon.
The four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen — splashed back down to Earth on April 10 after a 10-day historic lunar flyby. During the trip, the astronauts got to do what had never been done before: see the far side of the moon .
Wednesday’s meeting won’t be the first time the Artemis II astronauts spoke with the president. Just after they flew past the moon, Trump called them and congratulated them on completing the mission. It was this phone call where he invited them to the White House.
“Today, you’ve made history and made all America really proud, incredibly proud. We have a lot of things to be proud of lately, but this is, there’s nothing like what you’re doing,” Trump said.
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