Five facts about Canadian Jeremy Hansen’s moontrip
đź›°️ Five Things About Canadian Jeremy Hansen’s Upcoming Trip to the Moon and Back
Five facts about Canadian Jeremy Hansen’s moontrip A historic first for Canada Jeremy Hansen , a 49-year-old astronaut from London, Ontario , is set to become the first Canadian ever to travel to the moon — not just into space, but around the lunar body and back to Earth. This will mark a major milestone for the Canadian Space Agency and Canada’s role in human space exploration. Part of NASA’s Artemis II mission Hansen isn’t flying solo. He’s a mission specialist on NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed lunar voyage since Apollo 17 in 1972. The crew includes three NASA astronauts — Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot), and Christina Koch — and together they will fly aboard the Orion spacecraft on a roughly 10-day journey around the Moon and back . Launch timing and mission plan Artemis II is in final preparations and could launch as early as February 2026 , with NASA identifying launch dates from February through April. The mission will follow a “free return” trajectory : Orion will loop around the far side of the Moon and us…
