# Trump Honors Astronauts, Announces U.S. Space Force Academy

https://mins.news/en/video/36419

- VOA Chinese, 2026-08-29 04:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo5GG1H4Z6o

> President Donald Trump honored the Artemis II crew on Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, presenting the four astronauts with Congressional Space Medals of Honor. He also signed an executive order establishing the U.S. Space Force Academy.

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