{"id":5720,"date":"2026-04-18T15:25:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:25:03","slug":"nyc-leaders-demand-ticker-tape-parade-for-artemis-ii-astronauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5720","title":{"rendered":"NYC leaders demand ticker-tape parade for Artemis II astronauts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A bipartisan group of NYC pols are urging party-pooping Mayor Zohran Mamdani to throw a ticker-tape parade for the Artemis II astronauts \u2014 the first space-travelers that would ride down the Canyon of Heroes since the 1969 moon landing.<\/p>\n<p>But NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin, Minority Leader David Carr and other pols fear Hizzoner will throw a wet blanket on the out-of-this-world celebration, given that the socialist mayor has already coldly banned the public from attending the Times Square ball drop celebrating America\u2019s 250<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday on July 4. <\/p>\n<p>The pols say the heroic Artemis II crew \u2014 and city residents of all political stripes \u2014 deserve to party.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>NYC Council leaders are urging Mayor Mamdani to throw a ticker-tape parade celebrating Artemis II\u2019s historic mission to the Moon \u2013 one that would rival the bash the Big Apple threw for the famed Apollo 11 crew (pictured) in 1969. <span class=\"credit\">HUM Images\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn a world that has become increasingly polarized and often hostile, there are very few events that bring us all together to remind us of the joy of human existence and the beauty of the planet we all share,\u201d wrote Menin (D-Manhattan), Carr (R-Staten Island), Deputy Speaker\u00a0Nantasha Williams (D-Queens) and Councilman Frank Morano (R-Staten Island) in a letter to Mamdani on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe historic Artemis II mission was one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The city hasn\u2019t thrown a ticker-tape parade for astronauts since Mayor John Lindsay and 4 million New Yorkers welcomed Apollo 11\u2019s Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on Aug. 13, 1969, three weeks after Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>The Artemis II mission marked humankind\u2019s first visit to the moon since 1972, and set a new distance record for manned space travel. It captured never-before-seen images of the far side of the moon, making the four crew members more than worthy of a motorcade in the Financial District, the council members insisted in the letter obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Artemis II crew, consisting of astronauts (from left to right) Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, and Victor Glover, pose in front of the Orion spacecraft after their return to Earth. <span class=\"credit\">Bill Ingalls\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin, a Manhattan Democrat (in photo), Minority Leader David Carr (R-Staten Island), Deputy Speaker\u00a0Nantasha Williams (D-Queens), and Councilman Frank Morano (R-Staten Island) wrote Mayor Mamdani on Friday asking him to host a parade celebrating the Artemis II crew. <span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Artemis II astronauts boldly went where no other humans had gone before, traveling 252,760 miles from Earth during their nine-day voyage around the moon \u2014 the farthest any humans have ever traveled,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we believe their mission is not complete without a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be appropriate that astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen follow in the famous footsteps\u201d of the Apollo 11 crew.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNew Yorkers, indeed, all Americans, should have an opportunity to collectively celebrate this monumental achievement of ingenuity, daring and leadership, and to always remember what we can accomplish together as a nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that you take the necessary preparations to make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Council Minority Leader David Carr is among the letter\u2019s signatories. <span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Post has reached out to City Hall for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The 1969 parade saw the three spacemen in a convertible ride through a blizzard of confetti from the Wall Street heliport through lower Manhattan to City Hall, where they were greeted by hundreds of thousands, bands, and two hook-and-ladder fire trucks carrying six US flags and a huge NASA banner, The Post reported then.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay greeted the trio and awarded them the City of New York\u2019s Gold Medal, which had only been given once before.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>More than four million people attended the August 13, 1969 parade in NYC honoring Apollo 11\u2019s crew, The New York Post then reported. <span class=\"credit\">NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Apollo 11 astronauts wave from open car after City Hall ceremony in 1969. Left to right: Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. In front of them in car are then-New York City\u2019s Mayor John Lindsay and then-United Nations Secretary General U Thant.  <span class=\"credit\">Bettmann Archive<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of New York\u2019s great moments,\u201d Lindsay said.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong was taken aback by the 4 million onlookers, which up until that the time marked the largest parade in NYC history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore faces than I\u2019ve seen in my entire life,\u201d said Armstrong, a country boy who grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The crew\u2019s ride around Manhattan, however, didn\u2019t go as smoothly as their perfect moon landing.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands missed viewing the astronauts because of a scheduling foul-up that had them arriving in the city earlier than scheduled, The Post reported. 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