Jeremy Hansen | |
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Born | Jeremy Roger Hansen (1976-01-27) January 27, 1976 (age 47) London, Ontario, Canada |
Status | Active |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Royal Military College (BSc (Hons), MS) |
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Awards | Canadian Forces' Decoration (2006) |
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Canadian Space Agency astronaut | |
Selection | 2009 CSA Group |
Missions | Artemis 2 |
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Allegiance | Canada |
Service/ | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Years of service | 1994–present |
Rank | Colonel |
Jeremy Roger Hansen CD FRCGS (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian astronaut. He was selected to join the Canadian Space Agency in the 2009 CSA selection along with David Saint-Jacques. Prior to his selection as one of Canada's astronauts, Hansen was a Royal Canadian Air Force captain, piloting the CF-18 fighter jet at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. He has since been promoted to the rank of colonel.
Hansen was selected as a mission specialist on the Artemis 2 flight, which intends to circle the Moon in 2024. He will be the first non-American astronaut to fly to the Moon.
Hansen was born January 27, 1976, in London, Ontario, and raised on a farm near Ailsa Craig, until moving to Ingersoll for his high school years. Hansen is married and has three children.[1]
In 2013, Hansen served as cavenaut into the ESA CAVES training in Sardinia, alongside Satoshi Furukawa, Michael Barratt, Jack Fisher, Aleksei Ovchinin and Paolo Nespoli.[2]
On June 10, 2014, NASA announced that Hansen would serve as an aquanaut aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory during the NEEMO 19 undersea exploration mission, which began on September 7, 2014, and lasted seven days.[3][4] On April 3, 2023, he was announced as part of the upcoming Artemis 2 mission to be the first Canadian to travel to the Moon.[5]
In 1999 Hansen earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in space science with First Class Honours from Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. He later earned a Master of Science degree in physics from the same institution in 2000, with a research focus on wide field of view satellite tracking.[1] Graduated high school from Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute in Ingersoll, Ontario.
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