The other three astronauts on the Artemis II mission are all American: mission commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Hammock Koch
HOUSTON — A square-jawed fighter pilot from southwestern Ontario donned the mantle of Canada's newest space hero Monday as his country joined the United States in a bid to usher in a new era of daring global adventures beyond the moon and the stars.
"At the end of it all, I am left in awe of being reminded what strong leadership — setting big goals with a passion to collaborate and a can-do attitude — can achieve," Hansen said. Monday's spectacle was a long way from the smoky rooms, slide-rules and short white shirt sleeves of past moon missions, an orchestrated rock-show effort to rekindle the excitement that space exploration engendered in the 1960s.
"The children of America," she said, gesturing to the kids, "are symbols of what is great about America and Canada working together." "It's difficult to pick just four from a group that by its very definition attracts the best and the brightest that humanity has to offer," said Norm Knight, chief of NASA's flight director office.
"I'm very, very excited to see that a Canadian has been chosen to actually go to the moon. It's a major event for us," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, giving credit to Hansen and calling him an "exceptional individual" who "will do all Canadians proud." "We are very much in the mindset of, 'We need all hands on deck right now.' We can't afford to separate and divide the corps out. We need everyone to contribute."
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