Artemis II moon mission next year, officials revealed Monday.Serving as a mission specialist, Hansen will be one of four astronauts assigned to the 10-day mission that is scheduled for launch in November 2024, NASA and Canadian Space Agency officials said.
The other three astronauts on the mission are all American: Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover and G. Reid Wiseman. Read more: Artemis II: Why NASA is sending a crew around the moon after 50 years If successful, this will be the first time humans get that close to the moon since the Apollo program more than 50 years ago.“Our scientists, our engineers, the Canadian Space Agency, the Canadian Armed Forces across government, all of our leadership working together … have added up to this moment where a Canadian is going to the moon with our international partnership, and it is glorious,” Hansen said Monday.“At the end of it all, I am left in awe of being reminded what strong leadership, setting big goals with a passion to collaborate and a can-do attitude can achieve, and we are going to the moon together.
Let’s go.”Representing the @csa_asc on #Artemis II to the Moon is @Astro_Jeremy, from London, Ontario. Jeremy Hansen was a fighter pilot before joining CSA, and currently works with NASA on astronaut training and mission operations.
This will be Hansen’s first mission in space. pic.twitter.com/zIVetAQeFE— NASA (@NASA) April 3, 2023Astronauts last visited the moon in December 1972, closing out the Apollo program.