Canadian astronauts will start flying to the moon in 2023 with NASA s Artemis missions Space 12/16/2020 Elizabeth Howell © Provided by Space An artist s illustration of NASA s Orion crew capsule heading to the moon.
Canada plans to send two astronauts on moon-bound missions.
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced Wednesday, Dec. 16, that a Canadian astronaut will fly around the moon in 2023 on the Artemis 2 mission the first crewed mission of NASA s Artemis program that will test NASA s Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit to prepare for a 2024 landing. A second CSA astronaut will participate in a subsequent mission to NASA s forthcoming Gateway space station in lunar orbit.
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In 2023, Canada will become only the second country in history to have an astronaut travel in deep space along with the U.S.
In a deal called the Gateway Treaty announced yesterday by federal Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, a Canadian astronaut will be onboard NASA’s ‘Artemis II’ mission to the moon.
In a press release yesterday Bains said, “This is a significant moment in Canada’s space history. The Canada–U.S. Gateway Treaty takes Canada to the Moon for the first time. Our country will collaborate with the most advanced space organizations in the world on cutting-edge science and technology for the benefit of humankind. As Canada joins the U.S. and other international partners in this great adventure, our continued leadership in space robotics will be a source of national pride – and all eyes will look to the sky as one of our astronauts becomes the first Canadian to travel around th
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The Canadian Space Agency announced on Wednesday it will send one of its astronauts outside of low-Earth orbit for the first time in the country s history.
The Gateway Treaty, unveiled during a video press conference, is a joint agreement with the United States that will see one Canadian astronaut travel as part of Artemis, an 18-member team of space travelers that will conduct moon missions and build the infrastructure to travel to Mars.
The Canadian individual, who has yet to be named, will assist in a 2023 scheduled mission dubbed the Lunar Gateway project, with the intention to build a space station orbiting the moon that can act as a docking point for future missions into deep space.