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NASA has awarded nine companies a combined $24 million USD including MDA Space's Houston office to support long-term lunar exploration.

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be one of three crew members on the Artemis II mission that will flyby the moon no earlier than 2026. What does the flight trajectory look like? Well, Jeremy explains.

In what really came as no surprise, NASA today announced that the next two Artemis missions to the Moon will be pushed back at least six months.

The Canadian Space Agency today issued a Letter of Interest (LOI) notification for a Lunar Utility Vehicle that would support astronaut operations on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis Program.

NASA has released a detailed flyby video of the Lunar Gateway, a key part of the Artemis program. The 2 minute visualization gives a you a good sense of he elements that make up the Gateway, including Canada’s contribution, the Canadarm3.

It’s just a coincidence, but Arizona is the location of both NASA training and Western University Planetary Surface Processes Field School this month.

A SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocketed into the dark sky at 1:05 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A in Florida with the Intuitive Machines IM-1 spacecraft and began its week long journey to the Moon. Canadian technology from Canadensys Aerospace and MDA are onboard.

On Jan. 9, NASA announced it would be shifting the launch of Artemis II to September 2025. Artemis III — the first mission to land humans on the surface of the moon since 1972 — was moved to September 2026.

NASA has announced delays in the upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon. In an announcement on Tuesday, they said that both the Artemis II and Artemis III missions will be delayed, though the Artemis IV mission will remain on schedule.  This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

Earlier this year Jeremy Hansen was selected to be the first Canadian astronaut to participate in the Artemis program and was assigned to the Artemis 2 mission that will fly around the moon as early as late 2024.