Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of Canada and pilot Victor Glover wave to family members as they leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-B and a planned liftoff on NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo/Chris O’Meara
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Canadian Jeremy Hansen is headed toward the moon as part of the Artemis II lunar mission after a nearly six-minute engine burn to bust out of orbit Thursday evening.
Hansen, serving as mission specialist for Artemis II, is the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit.
