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The overwhelming, deafening, cataclysmic roar erupted and hurtled the Saturn V rocket — as tall as a 36-storey building — into the sky and then beyond. Four days later the first person to visit another celestial body uttered the words…

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be Calgary Stampede’s parade marshal this year. Hansen will be the first Canadian to orbit the moon as part of the historic Artemis II mission. It’s the first crewed mission to the…

The three Americans and one Canadian who will be the first astronauts to travel around the moon in more than 50 years say they see their mission as “setting the stage” for deeper space travel. London, Ont., native Jeremy Hansen,…

Jeremy Hansen, who will be flying the Canadian flag around the moon for the first time, says Canada is on course for more space history amid a “new era “of private companies working more actively in the industry. The Ontario astronaut…

Last Updated: April 04, 2023, 01:40 ISTThe 10-day Artemis II mission will test NASA's powerful Space Launch System rocket as well as the life-support systems aboard the Orion spacecraft. (Image: NASA Astronauts/Twitter)The flight, dubbed…

NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly on what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon in…

After more than five decades, humans are getting closer to returning to the moon. NASA is planning to send four astronauts, including a Canadian, around the moon with the launch of the Artemis II mission set for next year. Read…

NASA plans on Monday to introduce the four astronauts for its Artemis II lunar flyby mission, set for launch as early as next year in what would be the first crewed voyage around the Moon since the end of the Apollo era more than 50 years…