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Canada will send its first astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, on NASA's Artemis II—a 10-day around-the-moon mission that would make Canada the second country to venture beyond low-Earth orbit; the voyage features Canadarm3 and signals growth in Canada's space program even as U.S.–Canada tensions persist and Ottawa pursues sovereign launch capabilities like a Nova Scotia spaceport.
NASA’s Artemis II will launch a four‑person crew to orbit the Moon in the Orion spacecraft—the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo—with Reid Wiseman commanding, Victor Glover piloting, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen (CSA) as mission specialists. The mission will test deep‑space operations ahead of potential future Moon landings, and is a stepping stone toward Artemis III, which aims to land astronauts on the Moon in a subsequent flight, planned to occur in the coming years (targeted around 2026).
NASA's Artemis II mission launches from Kennedy Space Center with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen aboard the Orion spacecraft on the Space Launch System, marking the first crewed Moon flight since 1972. Over about 10 days the crew will test essential life-support and onboard systems, perform a lunar fly-by on a free-return trajectory, and reinforce international collaboration under the Artemis Accords as groundwork for a lunar base and eventual Mars missions.
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who will be part of the Artemis 2 mission, believes that a Canadian will eventually walk on the moon and go to Mars. The Canadian Space Agency has suggested that Canada will have seats on Artemis 4 and 6, which are planned moon-landing missions. Hansen emphasized the importance of collaboration with NASA and highlighted the potential applications for remote environments on Earth. Canada's contribution to the Artemis program includes the Canadarm3 robotic arm and investments in space medicine, space food, and artificial intelligence.
Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen helped discover a rare transitional crater on Earth during a geology expedition in Saskatchewan in 2011. The crater, known as Gow Lake, is among the rarest seen on Earth and has analogies with some moon divots, most closely with one named after Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno. The discovery was made during a geology expedition with Western University in Ontario, which Hansen participated in to prepare for spaceflight. Hansen may see the lunar far-side crater with his own eyes when he cruises around the moon in late 2024 on the Artemis 2 mission.
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be the first non-American to leave low Earth orbit as he is set to fly around the moon as a mission specialist aboard Artemis 2 in November 2024. Hansen's career experience includes piloting fighter jets for NORAD, mentoring an astronaut class, and working in the top echelons of Canadian space policy. The Artemis 2 mission will be the first spaceflight for Hansen, who is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut.