Astronomy & Space Today

• NASA’s Artemis II Crew Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor
• NASA Awards First Prize in Phase 2 of Agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge 
• President Honors NASA’s Artemis II Crew with Highest US Space Award
• President Trump Signs Executive Order to Create US Space Academy  
• Grants

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• NASA's Artemis II Crew Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor
• Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
• Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar
• Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalk
• NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman at Freedom 250 Grand Prix

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• The progress of a Blood Moon
• Cast your vote to name Virgin Galactic’s next spaceplane
• Aug. 28, 1993: An asteroid harbors a surprise
• The Sky Today on Friday, August 28: Vesta stands still
• The Sky This Week from August 28 to September 4: Venus and Spica meet

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