Jeremy Hansen
Jeremy Roger Hansen is a Royal Canadian Air Force colonel and CSA astronaut. As a mission specialist on Artemis II in April 2026, he became the first non‑U.S. citizen to travel beyond low Earth orbit and the first to journey 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.
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Key facts
- Born
- Jeremy Roger Hansen , ( 1976-01-27 ) January 27, 1976 (age 50) , London, Ontario , Canada
- Alma mater
- Royal Military College of Canada ( BSc , MSc )
- Spouse
- Catherine Hansen
- Awards
- Canadian Forces' Decoration (2006) Gold Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (2014)
- Time in space
- 9 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes
- Selection
- 2009 CSA Group NASA Group 20 (2009)
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Jeremy Roger Hansen (born January 27, 1976) is a Royal Canadian Air Force colonel and CSA astronaut. As a mission specialist on Artemis II in April 2026, he became the first person not from the United States to travel beyond low Earth orbit and the first 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.