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Jeremy HansenCD FRCGS
Hansen in 2023
Born	Jeremy Roger Hansen (1976-01-27) January 27, 1976 (age 48) London, Ontario, Canada
Status	Active
Alma mater	Royal Military College (BSc, MSc)
Children	3
Awards	Canadian Forces' Decoration (2006)
Space career
CSA astronaut
Selection	2009 CSA Group NASA Group 20 (2009)
Military career
Allegiance	Canada
Service / branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service	1994–present
Rank	Colonel

Jeremy Roger Hansen CD FRCGS (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist and former aquanaut. He was selected to join the Canadian Space Agency in the 2009 CSA selection along with David Saint-Jacques. Prior to his selection as one of Canada's astronauts, Hansen was a Royal Canadian Air Force captain, piloting the CF-18 fighter jet at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. He has since been promoted to the rank of colonel.

Hansen was selected as a mission specialist on the Artemis II flight, which intends to circle the Moon in spring 2026. If successful, he will be the first non-American astronaut to travel beyond low Earth orbit.

Early life and education

Hansen was born on January 27, 1976, in London, Ontario, and raised on a farm near Ailsa Craig, until moving to Ingersoll for his high school education.

After graduating from Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute in Ingersoll, Ontario, Hansen attended the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, where he completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in space science in 1999 with First Class Honours.

Hansen later completed a Master of Science degree in physics at the Royal Military College in 2000, with a research focus on wide field of view satellite tracking.

Career

In 2013, Hansen served as cavenaut into the ESA CAVES training in Sardinia, alongside Satoshi Furukawa, Michael Barratt, Jack Fisher, Aleksei Ovchinin and Paolo Nespoli.

On June 10, 2014, NASA announced that Hansen would serve as an aquanaut aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory during the NEEMO 19 undersea exploration mission, which began on September 7, 2014, and lasted seven days.

On April 3, 2023, he was announced as part of the upcoming Artemis II mission to be the first Canadian to travel to the Moon.

Personal life

Hansen is married to Catherine Hansen and has three children.

Honours and awards

• Canadian Forces' Decoration – 12 years of service (October 2006)
• Canadian air force pilot wings (May 2002)
• Clancy Scheldrup Memorial Trophy – outstanding graduate on the Basic Flying Course (2001)
• Air Cadet League of Canada Award – top air force graduate from the Royal Military College of Canada (May 1999)
• Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (FRCGS)
• Gold Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
• Canada’s flag bearer for the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
• Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal (2023)

See also

• List of Artemis astronauts

References

1. ^ "Astronaut Jeremy Hansen's biography". Canadian Space Agency. February 2, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
2. Sauro, Francesco; De Waele, Jo; Payler, Samuel J.; Vattano, Marco; Sauro, Francesco Maria; Turchi, Leonardo; Bessone, Loredana (July 1, 2021). "Speleology as an analogue to space exploration: The ESA CAVES training programme". Acta Astronautica. 184: 150–166. Bibcode:2021AcAau.184..150S. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.04.003. hdl:11585/819077. ISSN 0094-5765. S2CID 234819922.
3. Buck, Joshua; Jeffs, William (August 7, 2017) . Lewis, Robert (ed.). "NASA Announces Two Upcoming Undersea Missions" (Press release). 14-158. NASA. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
4. Bergin, Chris (June 11, 2014). "NEEMO returns with two new underwater missions". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
5. Mortillaro, Nicole (April 3, 2023). "'It is glorious,' says astronaut Jeremy Hansen, announced as 1st Canadian to go to the Moon". CBC News . Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
6. "Prime Minister announces Canadian delegation to the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III". Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
7. "CALGARY STAMPEDE PARADE MARSHAL". Calgary Stampede. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

External links

• CSA Biography of Jeremy R. Hansen
• Spacefacts biography of Jeremy Hansen
• Jeremy R. Hansen on Twitter
• Appearances on C-SPAN

v t e NASA Astronaut Group 20, "The Chumps", 2009
NASA Astronaut Group 19 ← NASA Astronaut Group 20 → NASA Astronaut Group 21
Pilots	Jack D. Fischer Scott D. Tingle Gregory R. Wiseman
Mission specialists	Serena Auñón-Chancellor Jeanette J. Epps Michael S. Hopkins Kjell N. Lindgren Kathleen Rubins Mark T. Vande Hei
International mission specialists	Jeremy Hansen (Canada) Norishige Kanai (Japan) Takuya Onishi (Japan) David Saint-Jacques (Canada) Kimiya Yui (Japan)
v t e NASA Astronaut Groups NASA Astronaut Corps Groups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Related List of astronauts by year of selection Astronaut ranks and positions List of United States Marine Corps astronauts List of United States Space Force astronauts

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• Living people
• Canadian astronauts
• People from London, Ontario
• People from Ingersoll, Ontario
• Royal Military College of Canada alumni
• Royal Canadian Air Force officers
• Canadian aviators
• Aquanauts
• Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society