NASA will send a Canadian astronaut around the moon
Partnership with the Canadian Space Agency means Canada could become only the second country to send a citizen around the moon. Listen - 01:40
From left to right: Jeremy Hansen, Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, Joshua Kutryk and David Saint-Jacques make up the current CSA astronaut team. NASA/Bill Stafford
NASA has big plans to get humans back to the moon, but the US won t be going it alone. NASA and the Canadian Space Agency formalized a multifaceted lunar partnership on Wednesday, and the big news is that a Canadian astronaut is now slated to take a ride around the moon.
Canada to become second nation ever to send people to the Moon
December 16, 2020
To date, only Americans have travelled to the Moon. On Artemis 2, that will change when the Canadian Space Agency sends one of its four astronauts on the first-ever crewed flight of NASA’s Orion capsule and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a near two week test flight around the Moon.
The as yet un-assigned crewmember will become the first Canadian to travel to lunar orbit and will be one of up-to four crew on the scheduled 2023 Artemis 2 test flight making Canada only the second nation to send one of its citizens to our closest neighbor.
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The historic treaty is part of a plan for further exploration of the moon and future missions to Mars. The Canadian Press
| Updated December 16, 2020
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A screenshot from the Canada Space Agency announcement that a Canadian astronaut will join the U.S. in a crewed mission to the moon in 2023.
OTTAWA The federal government has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon as part of a broader effort to establish a new space station above the lunar surface.
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In this early Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, file photo, a waning moon is seen at the sky over Frankfurt, Germany. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michael Probst, File December 16, 2020 - 10:41 AM
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon as part of a broader effort to establish a new space station above the lunar surface.
Industry Minister Navdeep Bains unveiled the new Gateway Treaty on Wednesday, which formalizes Canadaâs involvement in the U.S.-led effort to build that new station known as the Lunar Gateway.
The treaty includes a commitment to having a Canadian on board when the U.S. conducts a manned flyby of the moon in 2023, as well as a second yet-to-be-scheduled flight to the future station.