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

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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.

(Click any image to enlarge.  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.
  • Final Flyby Preparations - (April 6, 2026) – Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen prepare for their journey around the far side of the Moon by configuring their camera equipment shortly before beginning their lunar flyby observations.
  • Photographer at Work - (April 6, 2026) - Astronaut Jeremy Hansen captures an image through the camera shroud covering window 2 of the Orion spacecraft.
  • (April 6, 2026) - The Artemis II crew - Mission Specialist Christina Koch (top left), Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen (bottom left), Commander Reid Wiseman (bottom right), and Pilot Victor Glover (top right) - use eclipse viewers to protect their eyes at key moments during the solar eclipse they experienced during their lunar flyby.
  • Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth.
  • Poynting and Keeler Craters on the Lunar Far Side - (April 6, 2026) - Poynting crater and Keeler crater are visible side by side in the lower right portion of this image of the Moon’s far side highlands.
  • Lunar Flyby Observations - (April 6, 2026) - CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby.
  • Moon Joy - (April 7, 2026) - The Artemis II crew - (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover - take time out for a group hug inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home.
  • (April 7, 2026) - The Artemis II crew captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
  • (April 7, 2026) - NASA’s Orion spacecraft is pictured here. The picture was taken from one of the cameras mounted on its solar array wings. The Artemis II crew members were asleep at the time.
  • (April 7, 2026) - The Artemis II crew - (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover - pause for a group photo with their zero gravity indicator 'Rise,' inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home.
  • Splashdown! The Artemis II splashed down into the Pacific Ocean at 8:07p.m. EDT. NASA’s Artemis II mission took the crew, Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen, on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth.
  • NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy helicopter on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
  • NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, left, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, are seen sitting on a Navy helicopter on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
  • CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist is seen sitting in a Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after he and fellow crewmates NASA Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

 

A previous article about Jeremy Hansen visiting RMC in 2016.

 

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