NASA and the Canadian Space Agency to announce which astronauts will orbit the moon | 24CA News

On Monday, the primary group of astronauts to go again to the moon since 1972 might be introduced. 

The astronauts might be a part of the Artemis II mission, the place they are going to orbit the moon. The mission will embrace three folks from NASA and one from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

While NASA has a roster of 41 energetic astronauts, there are solely 4 energetic Canadian astronauts: Jeremy Hansen, Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons, Joshua Kutryk and David Saint-Jacques.

The announcement might be made at 11 a.m. ET.

It’s a part of NASA’s Artemis program that can return people to the floor of the moon by 2025, together with the primary girl and first racialized particular person. The final time people had been on the moon was in December 1972 for the Apollo 17 mission.

Artemis I, the primary take a look at of NASA’s rocket referred to as the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion crew capsule, launched in November in a 25-day mission across the moon.

Saint-Jacques and Hansen joined the astronaut corps in 2009, with Saint-Jacques spending 204 days on the International Space Station in 2018–2019. It was the longest Canadian mission so far.

Sidey-Gibbons and Kutryk had been recruited in 2017 and since then, the pair have been coaching vigorously for future missions. 

On March 16, the CSA up to date their emblem, saying it sought “to enter this new chapter with a modern identifying symbol.”

CBC will present intensive protection of the astronaut announcement on CBC.ca and News Network.