Meet the Canadian Space Agency's newest astronauts

Astronaut Jenni Gibbons has been selected to be Astronaut Jeremy Hansen's backup for the Artemis II mission,slated to fly Nno sooner than November 2024.This will ensure that a Canadian Astronaut will participate in the mission,in accord with an agreement with NASA.Astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been selected to fly on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on its first regular ISS mission under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.This is to launch no sooner than early 2025.

NASA Gears Up to Train Artemis II Crew for Moon Mission

NASA Gears Up to Train Artemis II Crew for Moon Mission: NASA Gears Up to Train Artemis II Crew for Moon Mission Three of the Artemis II astronauts are active duty military:Captain Reid Wiseman,USN;Captain Victor Glover,USN;and Colonel Jeremy Hansen,Royal Canadian Air Force.

Here are the Artemis II astronauts that will fly around the Moon and even beyond it

The Artemis II mission will take astronauts 4600 mi/7402.9 km past the dark side of the Moon,which is farther into the solar system than humans have ever gone before.

NASA, Canadian Space Agency to Assign Artemis II Moon Astronauts

NASA, Canadian Space Agency to Assign Artemis II Moon Astronauts: NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce during an event at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon. Traveling aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft during Artemis II, the mission is the first crewed flight test on the agency’s

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