Trump invited the Artemis 2 moon astronauts to the Oval Office. Here's what happened

NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts just got some face time with the president, though they stayed firmly in the background. President Trump invited the Artemis 2 quartet and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to the Oval Office today (April 29), for a livestreamed press event that the White House described as a " greeting ." The president did indeed welcome the history-making astronauts, and he offered them considerable praise as well. U.S. President Donald Trump is flanked by Artemis 2 astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA (center) and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency during an event in the Oval Office on April 29, 2026. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik/) "It takes people like this to make our country great," Trump said of NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and the Canadian Space Agency 's Jeremy Hansen. "We're very proud of these people. They have unbelievable courage." The president then mused about the possibility of going to space himself. "By the way, to get in there, you have to be very smart. Have to do a lot of things physically good. So I would have had no trouble making it — I'm physically very, very good," Trump said. He then turned toward Isaacman, who, along with the Artemis 2 astronauts, was standing behind him. "Maybe a little bit of a problem — I don't know, Jared," Trump said. "We'll have to try it sometime. Is a president allowed to go up in one of these missions?" "We can get working on that, Mr. President," Isaacman replied. …