Canada’s Jeremy Hansen Rockets Toward the Moon With Artemis II After Engine Burn Canadian Jeremy Hansen is en route to the moon as part of the Artemis II mission following a successful engine burn. Hansen, serving as mission specialist, is the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit. He expressed gratitude to those making the mission possible after the translunar injection maneuver.

• Canadian Jeremy Hansen is part of the Artemis II lunar mission.
• The mission successfully completed a translunar injection burn.
• Hansen is the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit.
• He is serving as mission specialist on the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity.
• Hansen conveyed a message of appreciation to mission control and those supporting Artemis.