Col Jeremy Hansen goes to the Moon aboard Artemis II

2026-04-02

Astronaut Col Jeremy Hansen, a graduate of RMC's Department of Physics and Space Science, is en route to the Moon aboard the Artemis II spacecraft.


Follow Col Hansen's epic journey:

Canadian Space Agency - Artemis II Mission

Canadian Space Agency - News and Events

NASA - Artemis II Mission

 

Col Hansen's official Mission patch:

This patch was created for CSA astronaut Colonel Jeremy Hansen in honour of his participation in the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond of the Turtle Lodge.

More about Col Hansen's Mission patch.  (CSA)

 

Photos from the Artemis II mission to the Moon.  (All images courtesy CSA / NASA)

  • Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
  • NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT on April 1, 2026.
  • Artemis II mission specialist and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen peers out one of the Orion spacecraft's windows looking back at Earth ahead of the crew's lunar flyby on April 6, 2026.
  • The Moon and the Earth as seen from the Artemis II Orion vehicle, April 6, 2026.
  • Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon.
  • CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen is seen taking images through the Orion spacecraft window early in the Artemis II lunar flyby.

A previous article about Jeremy Hansen visiting RMC in 2016.

 

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