Americans remain sour on the Iran war and President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict after six months, polling shows.
\n\nPresident Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 27, 2026. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images
\n\nTrump will become the first sitting president to call astronauts aboard the International Space Station from Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston today.
\n\nIt’s part of a trip Trump is making to Johnson to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of the Artemis II, who made history this year on their mission around the moon.
\n\nIt won’t be the first time a president has called the International Space Station, though — just the first time one will have done it from the iconic Johnson Space Center, which has hosted mission control for every crewed NASA mission since 1965’s Gemini 4.
\n\nIn 2011, President Barack Obama called the space station from the Oval Office, and Trump did the same in 2017, during his first term.
\n\nTrump in the past has proposed slashing funding for or privatizing the space station. In a 2018 budget proposal, the first Trump administration suggested ending the U.S.’ involvement in…
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