Artemis II crew announcement in Houston

2023-04-03 – The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), today announced that Jeremy Hansen will be the first CSA astronaut to fly around the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission.

From left to right: NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch; NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman; NASA administrator Bill Nelson; the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA); CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen; Member of Parliament Iqra Khalid; and NASA astronaut Victor Glover. (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA)