Five things about Canadian Jeremy Hansen’s upcoming trip to the moon and back
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Artemis II, a once-in-a-generation mission, could launch as early as Feb. 6, carrying Canada’s Jeremy Hansen around the moon and inspiring a new era of space exploration.
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is set to make history as the first Canadian to fly around the moon. The Canadian Space Agency is hoping this “once-in-a-generation” event is one that will inspire young people to dream big.
The impending Artemis II mission to the moon and back is in its final preparation stages with a potential launch window opening as soon as early February.
Hansen, 49, of London, Ont., will serve as mission specialist during Artemis II, becoming the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit, a historic achievement for Canada.
His crewmates are NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch. Artemis II will be the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972 — the year of the final Apollo mission.
“We believe this Artemis II mission for Canadians, it’s a little bit of a once-in-a-generation mission … people will remember where they were when the launch happened and when the mission happened,” Annie A.-Bélanger of the Canadian Space Agency said in a recent interview.
Here are five things about the Artemis II mission as its crew awaits launch day.
On Saturday, the SLS rocket — the vehicle designed to launch the Orion spacecraft — is scheduled to be transferred from NASA’s vehicle-assembly building to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, about 6.5 kilometres away. The rollout is expected to take about 12 hours.
Before the end of the month, the crew and mission team will conduct a wet dress rehearsal — a simulated launch — at the space centre. Only after that rehearsal will the management team assess when to launch. NASA has identified several launch dates over the next few months, with the earliest being Feb. 6. It plans to hold the mission no later than April.
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