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Crew Dragon astronauts to receive rare space medal from the White House - Ars Technica
Jan 31, 2023 44 secs
Enlarge/ NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken (foreground) work on Crew Dragon's touchscreen displays.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday will bestow the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken.

Hurley, the spacecraft commander, and Behnken, its pilot, will receive the medal for "bravery" exhibited during the Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.

The US Congress authorized the president to award the medal "to any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and of mankind."

President Carter bestowed the first awards on Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad; Gemini's Gus Grissom; and Mercury's Alan Shepard and John Glenn in 1978.

Later this spring, as soon as April, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will make the debut crewed launch on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the space station.

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