Artemis II backup crewmembers NASA astronaut Andre Douglas (L-R), and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Gibbons pose for a group photo with prime crewmembers NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, in front of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, as it makes the 4.2 mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in a Jan. 17, 2026, handout photo. The Canadian Press/Handout – NASA, Joel Kowsky
Jenni Gibbons was always drawn to the stars. Now, the Calgary-born astronaut is set to take part in NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will send humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
“So much of our life is enabled by space,” Gibbons said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
