Moon Mission

Home References Spaceflight Artemis 2 mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, who will be the first non-American to leave low Earth orbit. (Image credit: NASA) Jeremy Hansen is a Canadian space astronaut scheduled to fly around the moon. Hansen the mission specialist aboard Artemis 2, is expected to start his 10-day mission…

Home News Spaceflight Future moonwalkers could benefit from underwater training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a facility already used by NASA for International Space Station missions. An early test here shows work with a prototype spacesuit and a small vehicle upon simulated moon regolith. (Image credit: NASA) Before walking on…

The heavens give off a bittersweet glow for Black Americans. They have been a harbinger of trauma. Enslaved Africans were ferried across the Atlantic Ocean by sailors tracking the stars and constellations to chart their course. When the full moon lit up the evening sky, many slaves were forced to…

The pilot of NASA’s historic return to the moon is a Christian who once took a Bible and communion cups to the International Space Station. Victor Glover is one of four astronauts that NASA announced on Monday would comprise the Artemis II crew that will travel to the moon and…

Familiar with recording some firsts of her own, the Sault’s Dr. Roberta Bondar says Jeremy Hansen’s involvement with the upcoming lunar-orbiting Artemis mission is historic for Canada and its space agency NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced last week that London, Ont., native Jeremy Hansen would join three…

"It's very hard to breathe and your eyes kind of flatten down. So tears start coming out the back of your eyes." ICYMI, we're going back to the moon. And just days ago, NASA named the four astronauts for the incredibly important Artemis II mission: Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman,…

Home News Spaceflight We now know who will make humanity's first trip to the moon in over half a century. On Monday (April 3), NASA announced the four crewmembers of Artemis 2, a 10-day flight around the moon that's targeted to lift off in late 2024. The quartet consists of…

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an…

A cadre of NASA astronauts walks toward the Space Launch System moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida before launch of the Artemis 1 test flight last year. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel NASA will unveil the four crew members Monday who will fly around the moon on the first piloted…

Home News Spaceflight Canadarm3 is the centerpiece of Canada's contribution to the Artemis program that led to a seat aboard the Artemis 2 mission. But Canada is involved in a lot more lunar activity as well. (Image credit: Canadian Space Agency) It took four years of negotations for Canada to…