Moon Mission

• Canada’s Jeremy Hansen says Artemis II moon mission ‘harder than I thought’

  The four-member crew that will orbit the moon in late 2024 as part of the Artemis II is "fired up" after seeing the Orion spacecraft they will use for the first time.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2023
  
• Community over the moon as London’s Jeremy Hansen to be first Canadian in deep space

  The 47-year-old mission specialist will be one of four astronauts in the 10-day mission set to launch in November 2024, according to NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023
  
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• Labrador crater with moon-like properties could be ‘training site’ for Artemis astronauts

  A Canadian astronaut is to be part of Artemis II, planned for May 2024. This would make Canada the second country to have an astronaut fly around the moon.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2023
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• Western prof to lead team in Canada’s first lunar rover mission in 2026

  Western’s Gordon 'Oz' Osinski will serve as principal investigator and scientific lead in sending Canada’s first lunar rover in the moon mission now expected for 2026.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2022
• Chinese moon mission begins return to earth with lunar rocks

  Chang'e 5 is the third Chinese spacecraft to land on the moon and the first to take off from it again.

  World

  Dec 3, 2020
• UBC is sending yeast to orbit the moon. Here’s why it matters for human space exploration

  UBC researchers hope testing the effects of space radiation on yeast, they'll be able to protect future astronauts on long space missions.

  Dec 16, 2019
• India assessing ‘technical snag’ that aborted moon mission launch

  The full details of what went wrong will be available when scientists can access the rocket and after a full analysis is done.

  World

  Jul 15, 2019
• Canada joins NASA-led moon mission, dubbed ‘Lunar Gateway’

  NASA is embarking on the creation of its new Lunar Gateway, a space station it plans to send into orbit around the moon starting in 2022.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2019
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• Here’s why the head of NASA wants Canadian boots – and tech – on the next moon mission

  Canada has an apparent invite to be in on the next NASA moon mission with its expertise in artificial intelligence.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2018
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• Astronaut says one thing might stop artists from visiting the moon with SpaceX

  One major health factor might prevent a Japanese billionaire from bringing some of his favourite artists to the moon on a SpaceX rocket one day.

  World

  Sep 19, 2018