Jeremy Hansen is heading to the moon.
The 47-year old Canadian astronaut was announced today as one of four astronauts — along with Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman — who will be part of NASA’s Artemis II mission.
“A Canadian is going to the moon with our international partnership, and it is glorious,” Hansen said at the announcement Monday from NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.
“We are going to the moon together. Let’s go.”
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