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On April 12 Let’s Talk Science in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency presented a virtual symposium titled Let’s Talk Lunar: Exploring the Moon – People, Technology and Ethics for a New Frontier.

Col. Jeremy Hansen is Canada's longest-serving astronaut who has not yet flown in space. Selected in May 2009, the former CF-18 fighter pilot (including NORAD Air Defence Operations) has played a plethora of ground roles for Canada and NASA over the last 13 years. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support …

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The CBC has launched a new limited series called the Big Fix and astronaut Jeremy Hansen is one of the guests. He said we should look to space to help solve climate change.

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, KAZAKHSTAN – While Canada has been without a detailed space plan since 1994, there is some indication this might be happening soon.

Lost in the hoopla in NASA’s recent announcement of the first sets of commercial crew astronauts who will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner, was a short sentence which said international partners would be assigned crew spots at a later date.

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN – These days, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is getting the lion’s share of human spaceflight attention in Canada. He made two appearances at the rollout of the Expedition 56/57 Soyuz rocket on June 4, talking about how his training for this backup crew will help him prepare for his own mission in December. “It’s a couple of theory exams that carry forward,” Saint-Jacques …

New astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Jenni Sidey along with Jeremy Hansen and Minister Bains, who acted as the moderator, answer questions at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) headquarters this morning.

This morning Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen spoke to an almost full audience in Waterloo at the Space Apps Challenge. It was a perfect talk for a general audience and was moderated by James Slifierz, CEO of startup SkyWatch, organizer of the event.

In the past, Apollo astronauts prepared for their trips to the Moon by studying Moon-like geology here on Earth. Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will train for future international missions to the Moon or Mars as he joins an expedition next week to look for a new impact meteorite crater in the Arctic.