2026年8月21日 / 美国东部时间下午1:06 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
作者：迈尔斯·多兰
据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获悉，特朗普总统计划为美国国家航空航天局（NASA）阿尔忒弥斯二世号任务的航天员团队颁发国会太空荣誉勋章。
一名白宫官员证实，颁奖仪式将于8月28日周五在休斯顿的约翰逊航天中心举行。
NASA宇航员里德·怀斯曼、维克多·格洛弗、克里斯蒂娜·科赫，以及加拿大航天局宇航员杰里米·汉森在为期10天的任务中成为半个多世纪以来首批绕月飞行的人类。他们于4月10日安全溅落，结束了这次创纪录的飞行。
2026年4月16日，阿尔忒弥斯二世号宇航员杰里米·汉森、维克多·格洛弗、克里斯蒂娜·科赫和里德·怀斯曼在休斯顿。拉克尔·纳塔利乔/《休斯顿纪事报》通过盖蒂图片社拍摄
据NASA介绍，目前仅有30名宇航员获颁该勋章，其中包括尼尔·阿姆斯特朗和约翰·格伦。在阿波罗1号火灾以及航天飞机挑战者号和哥伦比亚号灾难中遇难的宇航员均被追授该勋章。
上一批获颁该勋章的宇航员是道格·赫尔利和鲍勃·本肯，他们在2020年成为首批搭乘商业航天器进入轨道的宇航员。乔·拜登总统于2023年为他们颁发了勋章。
尽管名称如此，但该勋章由总统根据NASA局长的推荐颁发。据NASA介绍，国会授权总统以国会的名义，向“以卓越功绩和贡献为国家和人类福祉做出杰出努力”的宇航员颁发此勋章。
编者按：根据白宫最新消息，颁奖仪式的地点已更新。
Trump to honor Artemis II crew with nation’s top space medal
August 21, 2026 / 1:06 PM EDT / CBS News
By Miles Doran
President Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission, CBS News has learned.
A White House official confirmed the award will be presented Friday, Aug. 28, at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, became the first humans to travel around the moon in more than a half-century during a 10-day mission. They splashed down safely to end the record-breaking flight on April 10.
Artemis II astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman in Houston on April 16, 2026. Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
Only 30 astronauts have received the medal, including Neil Armstrong and John Glenn, according to NASA. Astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 fire and the space shuttle Challenger and Columbia disasters received the medal posthumously.
The last astronauts awarded the medal were Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who in 2020 became the first to launch to orbit on a commercial spacecraft. President Joe Biden awarded them the medal in 2023.
Despite its name, the medal is awarded by the president based on recommendations from the NASA administrator. Congress has authorized the president to present, in the name of Congress, a medal to any astronaut who has “distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and of mankind,” according to NASA.
Editor’s note:The location of the award ceremony has been updated based on new information from the White House.
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