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The Artemis II crew pose for a group photo after viewing their Orion spacecraft on the USS John P. Murtha, after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on April 10, 2026. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Jeremy Hansen is leaving the Canadian Space Agency, but Canada will still support NASA’s return to the moon

Gordon Osinski, Western University

Jenni Gibbons will be lead capsule communicator for NASA’s Artemis III mission, Gordon Osinski is on the science team and Canada also contributes a robotic Lunar Utility Vehicle.
A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface, captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. (NASA)

How the Artemis II crew trained to observe and photograph the moon: A NASA science team geologist explains

Gordon Osinski, Western University

From geology training on Mushuau Innu First Nation territory in Labrador, to a new NASA Science Evaluation Room, Gordon Osinski takes us behind the scenes of Artemis II.
L’équipage de la nouvelle fusée lunaire Artemis II de la NASA au Centre spatial Kennedy, avec Jeremy Hansen de l’Agence spatiale canadienne complètement à droite. De gauche à droite : Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover et Christina Koch. (NASA)

Artemis II : la NASA lance bientôt la première mission habitée vers la Lune depuis 54 ans, avec un Canadien à bord

Gordon Osinski, Western University

Jeremy Hansen sera le premier non-Américain à voler vers la Lune, faisant ainsi du Canada le deuxième pays au monde à envoyer un astronaute dans l’espace lointain.
The crew of the new NASA moon rocket Artemis II at the Kennedy Space Center, including Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, on the far right. From left: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch. (NASA)

Artemis II: The first human mission to the moon in 54 years launches soon — with a Canadian on board

Gordon Osinski, Western University

Jeremy Hansen will be the first non-American to fly to the moon — and will make Canada only the second country in the world to send an astronaut into deep space.
A satellite image of the Clearwater Lakes, the site of two large asteroid impacts that struck Earth about 290 million years ago. (NASA Earth Observatory)

Cubic zirconia only forms under extreme temperatures, like those produced when an asteroid impacts Earth

Neeraja Chinchalkar, Western University; Gordon Osinski, Western University, and Timmons Erickson, Curtin University

Cubic zirconia, a popular diamond substitute, only occurs naturally under extreme conditions. Finding cubic zirconia in craters reveals parts of the Earth’s history.
An artist’s rendition of one of the many thousands of near-Earth objects that could potentially impact Earth in the future. (European Space Agency/P.Carril)

What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?

Gordon Osinski, Western University

In mid-February, asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted and originally believed to have a 3.1 per cent of hitting Earth in 2032. Further calculations revealed this was not the case.
The moon sets behind the CN tower in Toronto in August 2023. While it’s beautiful from a distance, Canada’s lunar rover will explore one of the most hostile regions of the moon in 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Canada’s first moon rover will soon have a name as it prepares to explore a hostile lunar region

Gordon Osinski, Western University

Will it be Glacier or Athabasca? Maybe Courage or Pol-R? The Canadian moon rover will soon have a name, two years before it’s set to explore the moon’s South Pole.
The Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. The successful Artemis I mission was the first in an increasingly complex planned series of missions, which have now been delayed. (NASA/Cory Huston)

What delays to the Artemis II and III missions mean for Canada

Gordon Osinski, Western University

NASA announced that the next two Artemis missions — Artemis II and III — will be delayed for safety reasons. However, Artemis IV remains on schedule.
Représentation artistique du Canadarm3, le système robotisé intelligent canadien, à l’extérieur de la station spatiale lunaire Gateway. (Agence spatiale canadienne, NASA)

Les innovations spatiales canadiennes sont essentielles aux missions Artemis

Gordon Osinski, Western University

Les technologies et les innovations spatiales canadiennes occupent une place importante dans les missions Artemis, et cette participation reflète notre rôle toujours plus marqué dans cette nouvelle ère d’exploration lunaire.

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