Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA Crewmates Reflect on Historic Lunar Mission

NASA’s Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander (R); Victor Glover, pilot (2nd R); Christina Koch, mission specialist (2nd L); and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (L), share brief remarks with friends, family, and colleagues at Ellington Airport near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston after returning to Earth from a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon, on April 11, 2026. NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen reflected on his historic Artemis II lunar mission on Thursday, saying it left him with a powerful sense of his connection to all of humanity.

“Small and powerless, yet powerful together,” Hansen said at a news conference for the Artemis ll crew at the Houston space centre—the first since the astronauts returned to Earth.