Jeremy Hansen ‘Pumped’ About Historic Trip Around the Moon

Last updated: January 19, 2026 1:47 pm

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Jeremy Hansen ‘Pumped’ About Historic Trip Around the Moon

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, crew member of NASA’s new moon rocket, Artemis II, answers questions during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center, on Jan. 17, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo/John Raoux

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says getting humans to fly around the far side of the moon is good for humanity.

Speaking to reporters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as NASA rolled the Artemis II rocket to its lunch pad, Hansen said he has been staring at the moon a lot more recently as the impending mission enters its final preparation stages with a potential launch window opening as soon as early February.