Canada’s Jeremy Hansen Rockets Toward the Moon With Artemis II After Engine Burn

Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of Canada and pilot Victor Glover wave to family members as they leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-B and a planned liftoff on NASA's Artemis II moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara

Canadian Jeremy Hansen is headed toward the moon as part of the Artemis II lunar mission after a nearly six-minute engine burn to bust out of orbit Thursday evening.

Hansen, serving as mission specialist for Artemis II, is the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit.