HOUSTON — A quick look at Col. Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut named Monday as a member of Artemis II, the first mission to the moon in more than half a…
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Career: Joined the Air Cadets at 12, earned his glider pilot wings at 16 and his private pilot’s licence at 17. Served as a CF-18 pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 2004 to 2009. Selected to join Canada’s astronaut corps in 2009. Earned rank of colonel. Highlights: Served in 2011 at Mission Control in Houston as capsule communication, or capcom, the liaison between the ground and the International Space Station. In 2013, lived underground for six days in Italy as part of the European Space Agency’s CAVES program. Also flies the historic Hawk One F-86 Sabre jet. In 2014, lived and worked on the ocean floor for seven days as an “aquanaut,” simulating deep space exploration underwater as a crew member of NEEMO 19.
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