{"id":2596766,"date":"2026-04-29T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/artemis-ii-crew-to-meet-with-trump-at-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:48:50","slug":"artemis-ii-crew-to-meet-with-trump-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/artemis-ii-crew-to-meet-with-trump-at-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II crew to meet with Trump at White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fartemis-ii-crew-to-meet-with-trump-at-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump will welcome the four Artemis II astronauts to the White House on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Oval Office. The crew-Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch (NASA), and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen (Canadian Space Agency)-is meeting the president nearly three weeks after returning from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-hanks-brings-love-of-space-to-new-immersive-london-show\/\" title=\"Tom Hanks shares ... passion in London&#039;s immersive show\">lunar flyby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House announced the visit on X. The Orion spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1 and took about 10 days, with NASA describing the flight as a step toward future lunar surface missions. Trump said the mission\u2019s splashdown was \u201cperfect,\u201d and he also invited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-gives-employees-option-to-choose-preferred-gender-pronouns-in-email-communications\/\" title=\"... Gives Employees Option To Choose Preferred Gender Pronouns In Email Communications\">astronauts back<\/a> for what he called the next steps after Artemis II.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is hosting the four astronauts from NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission at the White House, nearly three weeks after the crew\u2019s landing from its lunar flyby of the moon.<\/p>\n<p>The Artemis II crew: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nasa\/\">NASA<\/a>, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, are expected to meet with the president in the Oval Office at 2 p.m. Wednesday. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4547917\/gavin-newsom-mocks-trump-passport\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Newsom seemingly mocks Trump passport with \u2018BEST LICENSE EVER MADE\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4547525\/cole-allen-took-mirror-selfie-with-weapons-moments-before-hotel-shooting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Cole Allen took mirror selfie with weapons moments before hotel shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4546994\/inside-scoop-jim-antle-rahm-emanuel-yale-sports-bar-streaming-war\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Inside Scoop: Warning to Democrats, distrust in Ivy League, streaming wars<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> made the announcement on X.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Their next journey\u2026 the People&#8217;s House. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>The Artemis II crew will meet with President Trump TODAY at 2pm in the Oval Office. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHChJehU73\">pic.twitter.com\/RHChJehU73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2049510816857071800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The crew took off in the Orion spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1. <\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the test flight was to \u201cpave the way for lunar surface missions, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >establishing long-term lunar science<\/a> and exploration capabilities,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/our-artemis-crew\/\">according to NASA\u2019s website<\/a>. The trip lasted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/4525198\/artemis-ii-crew-splash-down-historic-10-day-moon-mission\/\">around 10 days<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/4532866\/artemis-ii-crew-stories-moon-mission\/\"><strong>ARTEMIS II CREW SHARES LUNAR LARKS AFTER HISTORIC JOURNEY AROUND MOON AND BACK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump extended a White House invitation to the astronauts in a post celebrating their work and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/space\/\">return from space<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire trip was spectacular, the landing was perfect and, as President of the United States, I could not be more proud!\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116383366460984028\">posted on<\/a> Truth Social shortly after the crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to seeing you all at the White House soon,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be doing it again and then, next step, Mars!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump to host Artemis II crew at the White House after lunar flyby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4259,"featured_media":2596767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-l5144b7gj-1777482061661-e1777482114112.jpg?1777468694&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[76991,11488,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2596766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-artemis-ii-2","tag-nasa","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-l5144b7gj-1777482061661-e1777482114112.jpg?1777468694&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596770,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596766\/revisions\/2596770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}