{"id":319689,"date":"2026-04-16T19:43:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=319689"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:13:53","slug":"canadas-jeremy-hansen-artemis-ii-crewmates-set-to-carry-news-conference-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/canadas-jeremy-hansen-artemis-ii-crewmates-set-to-carry-news-conference-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II crewmates set to carry news conference &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his NASA crewmates are set to participate in a news conference on Thursday after the historic Artemis II lunar mission.<\/p>\n<p>The four-person crew \u2014 commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Hansen \u2014 splashed down within the Pacific Ocean last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The ten-day flight saw astronauts travel to the moon for the primary time in greater than 50 years, setting a record for the best distance travelled by humans away from Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The astronauts underwent initial medical checks aboard the ship that recovered them off the San Diego coast before they were flown to Houston, where they were greeted with a jubilant homecoming at Ellington Field near NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center and Mission Control.<\/p>\n<p>NASA said the crew has since been undergoing standard postflight reconditioning, evaluations and lunar science debriefings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s news conference \u2014 the primary since their return to Earth \u2014 is scheduled to happen at 2:30 p.m. Eastern on the Houston space centre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11798287_69e0ee6ead4fa\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11798287\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11798287\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11798287_69e0ee6ead4fa\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"How Artemis II crew captivated world's attention\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\"],\"keywords\":[\"artemis\",\"crew\",\"houston\",\"international\",\"short-clip\",\"space\",\"top-news\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Business and Industrial\/Aerospace and Defense\",\"Science\/Astronomy\",\"Business and Industrial\",\"Science\",\"Business and Industrial\/Aerospace and Defense\/Space Technology\"],\"tags\":[\"Apollo (spacecraft)\",\"Apollo program\",\"Artemis II\",\"Artemis program\",\"Astronaut\",\"Atmospheric entry\",\"Canada\",\"Canadian Astronaut Corps\",\"Cancer\",\"Christina Koch\",\"Earth\",\"Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base\",\"Far side of the Moon\",\"Flight\",\"Florida\",\"Flyby (spaceflight)\",\"Homecoming\",\"Houston\",\"Impact crater\",\"Jeremy Hansen\",\"Johnson Space Center\",\"Kennedy Space Center\",\"Life-support system\",\"London\",\"Low Earth orbit\",\"Lunar craters\",\"Mark Carney\",\"Mars\",\"Message\",\"Mission specialist\",\"Moon\",\"NASA\",\"News\",\"Orbit\",\"Orion (spacecraft)\",\"Pacific Ocean\",\"Reid Wiseman\",\"San Diego\",\"Ship\",\"Spacecraft\",\"Splashdown\",\"Takeoff\",\"United States\",\"Victor J. Glover\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'How Artemis II crew captivated world\u2019s attention'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/vxqtzthe8v-pjscvscaeu\/GN_ARTEMIS_REFLECTIONS_thumbnail_1280x720_.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:15<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">How Artemis II crew captivated world\u2019s attention<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hansen, a 50-year-old from London, Ont., also made history through the mission as the primary non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit. He was also the primary person to talk French while en path to the moon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a message broadcast just before liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1, Hansen said, \u201cWe&#8217;re going for all humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hansen and his crewmates spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney while in space. Carney called the mission \u201chugely inspiring\u201d and said Canadians couldn\u2019t be more pleased with Hansen and the collaboration with america.<\/p>\n<p>The 4 astronauts were watched around the globe and praised for the friendship and love for one another they displayed through the mission. In an emotional moment, the crew asked that a lunar crater be named after Wiseman\u2019s late wife Carroll, who died of cancer in 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unlike the Apollo program, which sent men to the moon from 1968 through 1972, the Artemis program is setting the stage for a more everlasting human lunar presence and is laying the groundwork to send astronauts to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>NASA said in a news release the Artemis II crew achieved the mission\u2019s primary objectives: testing its life support systems; manually piloting the Orion spacecraft; performing manoeuvres to propel Orion to the Moon and adjust its course; conducting a lunar flyby with unprecedented views of the Moon\u2019s far side; and completing a protected re-entry and recovery.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his NASA crewmates are set to participate in a news conference on Thursday after the historic Artemis II lunar mission. The four-person crew \u2014 commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Hansen \u2014 splashed down within the Pacific Ocean last Friday. 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