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? Jeremy explains.
Hansen’s crewmates are NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch and when they launch sometime in 2026 their journey to flyby the moon will result in the furthest distance than any human has gone before.
The Canadian Space Agency describes the video as follows. “From Florida to California via… the Moon! In their campervan-size Orion capsule atop the SLS rocket, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his Artemis II crewmates will launch from Florida. They will orbit Earth twice before making their way to the Moon at 39 times the speed of sound. After the lunar flyby, Orion will use the Moon’s gravity to return to Earth. They will then splash down on the coast of San Diego. Watch this vlog to hear Jeremy explain the Artemis II trajectory.
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