Jeremy Hansen

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Jeremy Roger Hansen (born January 27, 1976) is a Royal Canadian Air Force colonel and retired CSA astronaut. As a mission specialist on Artemis II in April 2026, he became the only person not from the United States to travel beyond low Earth orbit and to travel to the vicinity of the Moon. He is also among the humans who have travelled the farthest from Earth, having broken Apollo 13's distance record with the rest of the Artemis II crew. Hansen was selected by the Canadian Space Agency in the 2009 astronaut recruitment alongside David Saint-Jacques. Before joining the astronaut corps, Hansen served as a Royal Canadian Air Force captain, piloting the CF-18 fighter jet at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, and was later promoted to the rank of colonel. In July 2026, Hansen announced his retirement from the CSA's astronaut program in September, planning to pursue new opportunities in Canada's space program.

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