Canada to Join First Mission to the Moon, Signs New ‘Gateway’ Treaty with NASA

Employees and contractors watch as the core stage of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, that will be used for the Artemis 1 Mission, is moved to the Pegasus barge, at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where it was built, in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 8, 2020. Gerald Herbert/AP Photo

Canadian astronauts will join the first space mission to the Moon in 2023.

“I am proud to announce another first: Canada will join the U.S. on the first crewed mission to the Moon since the Apollo missions,” Navdeep Bains, the Minister for Innovation, Science, and Industry, said at a press conference on Dec. 16.