Jeremy Hansen

CD FRCGS
Hansen wearing a blue CSA uniform
Official portrait, 2009
Born
Jeremy Roger Hansen

(1976-01-27) January 27, 1976 (age 47)
London, Ontario, Canada
StatusActive
NationalityCanadian
Alma materRoyal Military College (BSc (Hons), MS)
Occupations
AwardsCanadian Forces' Decoration (2006)
Space career
Canadian Space Agency astronaut
Selection2009 CSA Group
MissionsArtemis 2
Military career
AllegianceCanada
Service/branchRoyal Canadian Air Force
Years of service1994–present
RankColonel

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.

Biography

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]

Education

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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References

  1. ^ a b "Astronaut Jeremy Hansen's biography". Canadian Space Agency. February 2, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Sauro, Francesco; De Waele, Jo; Payler, Samuel J.; Vattano, Marco; Sauro, Francesco Maria; Turchi, Leonardo; Bessone, Loredana (1 July 2021). "Speleology as an analogue to space exploration: The ESA CAVES training programme". Acta Astronautica. 184: 150–166. Bibcode:2021AcAau.184..150S. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.04.003. ISSN 0094-5765. S2CID 234819922.
  3. ^ "NASA Announces Two Upcoming Undersea Missions". NASA. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. ^ Bergin, Chris (June 11, 2014). "NEEMO returns with two new underwater missions". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  5. ^ Mortillaro, Nicole (April 3, 2023). "'It is glorious,' says astronaut Jeremy Hansen, announced as 1st Canadian to go to the Moon". CBC News . Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

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