Artemis II: Second Q&A with CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen live from space
General information
- Type: Webcast
- Date: (Day 5 of the mission)
- Time: ET New time
- Duration: 20 minutes
- Location: Virtual – Live on YouTube and Facebook
- Languages: French and English
- Target audience: General public, youth, media
Summary
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen will talk to Canadians live from space. During this 20-minute virtual event, he will answer questions from young Canadians.
Detailed description
On , CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen launched aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft as part of the Artemis II mission. This is the first crewed test flight of Artemis, a multi-mission campaign designed to push human space exploration deeper into space to the Moon and on to Mars. This is the first crewed lunar mission since the Apollo program ended over 50 years ago.
During the mission, Jeremy Hansen will share his impressions and talk to Canadians in a series of live space-to-Earth connections.
Three live communications are scheduled, on days 4, 5 and 8 of the mission. They will be about 20 minutes each, and will be livestreamed on the CSA's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Q&A with young people and the general public –
During the second space-to-Earth connection, scheduled for ET, young Canadians and members of the public can ask Jeremy Hansen questions directly. They were selected in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Science Centres, the Ulnooweg Education Centre and Connected North.