{"id":591546,"date":"2026-04-09T02:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591546\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:22:11","slug":"carney-to-speak-with-canadian-jeremy-hansen-after-artemis-iis-historic-moon-mission-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591546\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney to speak with Canadian Jeremy Hansen after Artemis II\u2019s historic moon mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted April 8, 2026 7:41 am<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated April 8, 2026 8:27 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mark-carney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carney<\/a> is scheduled to speak Wednesday with Canadian astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/jeremy-hansen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Hansen<\/a> after the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/artemis-ii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artemis II\u2019s<\/a> historic mission to the moon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A media advisory from the Canadian Space Agency says Industry Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly will also take part.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Hansen and his three American crewmates completed a six-hour lunar flyby, going farther into space than any humans before and breaking Apollo 13\u2019s distance record from 1970.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a step toward landing boot prints near the moon\u2019s south pole in just two years.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Artemis II on track to fly past the moon'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MA_AFF_ARTEMIS_MISSION_thumbnail_1280x720_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:57<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArtemis II on track to fly past the moon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Carney has said that, with Artemis II, Canada became the second country in the world ever to send an astronaut on a lunar mission, and that it\u2019s a testament to Hansen\u2019s \u201cexceptional skill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The crew, after capturing images and other geological observations of the moon, is set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 8, 2026 7:41 am Updated April 8, 2026 8:27 pm 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