Jeremy Hansen is set to make history as the first Canadian astronaut to fly to the moon, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has announced.
Hansen will fly around the moon, joining NASA’s Artemis II 10-day mission, expected to take place in November 2024. The mission will make Canada the second country to ever send an astronaut around the moon, according to an April 3 news release from the CSA.
According to the space agency, this is the first crewed mission to the moon since the end of the Apollo space program more than 50 years ago.
The announcement was made at Ellington Field, a joint military facility and flight operations base in Houston, Texas….