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Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is making his first flight to space as a mission specialist on the Artemis II mission. He was one of two recruits selected by CSA in May 2009 through the third Canadian Astronaut Recruitment Campaign and has served in many roles supporting human spaceflight. Hansen has served as Capcom in NASA's Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center and in 2017, became the first Canadian to be entrusted with leading a NASA astronaut class, leading the training of astronaut candidates from the United States and Canada. Photographer: NASA/James Blair

jsc2023e017056 (April 4, 2023) -- CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen is announced as one of four members of the Artemis II crew that will travel around the Moon. Hansen was joined by NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, during a Monday, April 3, 2023, crew announcement news conference at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. The crew is comprised of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. The four astronauts 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. Photo by James Blair.

Photographer JAMES BLAIR