Jeremy Hansen

Jeremy Roger Hansen CD FRCGS (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist and former aquanaut. He was selected to join the Canadian Space Agency in the 2009 CSA selection along with David Saint-Jacques. Prior to his selection as one of Canada's astronauts, Hansen was a Royal Canadian Air Force captain, piloting the CF-18 fighter jet at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. He has since been promoted to the rank of colonel.

Jeremy Hansen CD FRCGS
Hansen in 2023
Born	Jeremy Roger Hansen (1976-01-27) January 27, 1976 (age 49) London, Ontario, Canada
Status	Active
Alma mater	Royal Military College (BSc, MSc)
Children	3
Awards	Canadian Forces' Decoration (2006)
Space career
CSA astronaut
Selection	2009 CSA Group NASA Group 20 (2009)
Military career
Allegiance	Canada
Branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service	1994–present
Rank	Colonel

Hansen was selected as a mission specialist on the Artemis II flight, which intends to circle the Moon in spring 2026. If successful, he will be the first non-American astronaut to travel beyond low Earth orbit.

Early life and education

Hansen was born on January 27, 1976, in London, Ontario, and raised on a farm near Ailsa Craig, until moving to Ingersoll for his high school education.

After graduating from Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute in Ingersoll, Ontario, Hansen attended the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, where he completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in space science in 1999 with First Class Honours.

Hansen later completed a Master of Science degree in physics at the Royal Military College in 2000, with a research focus on wide field of view satellite tracking.^[1]

Career

In 2013, Hansen served as cavenaut into the ESA CAVES training in Sardinia, alongside Satoshi Furukawa, Michael Barratt, Jack Fisher, Aleksei Ovchinin and Paolo Nespoli.^[2]

On June 10, 2014, NASA announced that Hansen would serve as an aquanaut aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory during the NEEMO 19 undersea exploration mission, which began on September 7, 2014, and lasted seven days.^[3][4]

Official crew portrait for Artemis II, from left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

On April 3, 2023, he was announced as part of the upcoming Artemis II mission to be the first Canadian to travel to the Moon.^[5]

Personal life

Hansen is married to Catherine Hansen and has three children.^[1]

Honours and awards

• Canadian Forces' Decoration – 12 years of service (October 2006)
• Canadian air force pilot wings (May 2002)
• Clancy Scheldrup Memorial Trophy – outstanding graduate on the Basic Flying Course (2001)
• Air Cadet League of Canada Award – top air force graduate from the Royal Military College of Canada (May 1999)
• Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (FRCGS)
• Gold Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
• Canada's flag bearer for the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla^[6]
• Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal (2023)^[7]

See also

• List of Artemis astronauts