Canadian Jeremy Hansen named on NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon
Hansen, 47, will be one of four astronauts assigned to the 10-day mission that is scheduled for launch in November 2024,and Canadian Space Agency officials said. If successful, this will be the first time humans get that close to the moon since the Apollo program more than 50 years ago.
Astronauts last visited the moon in December 1972, closing out the Apollo program. So far, 24 men — all Americans — have visited the moon and half of those have walked on it.The mission around the moon and back will take approximately 10 days. The return trip alone will take about four days.It builds on the success of Artemis I, an unmanned flight, that travelled on a 1.4 million mile journey beyond the moon, returning to Earth after 25 days last December.
That mission took place to ensure safe re-entry, descent, splashdown, and recovery using the new Orion spacecraft so NASA is ready for Artemis II when a crew is onboard.Biden says Canadian will fly on Artemis II mission: ‘Canada and the U.S. can do big things together’ While the space agency plans to send four astronauts around the moon in 2024, it wants to attempt a lunar landing as early as 2025, with the launch of Artemis III.
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