{"id":597552,"date":"2026-04-11T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597552\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:32:09","slug":"after-artemis-ii-a-look-at-canadas-future-involvement-in-space-exploration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597552\/","title":{"rendered":"After Artemis II, a look at Canada&#8217;s future involvement in space exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Artemis II is back on Earth \u2014 and Canada had a seat on board \u2014 but the country\u2019s lunar role for future missions is not finished.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the focus shifts to what comes next, with Canadians already involved behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>For Artemis IV, an Ontario planetary scientist, Dr. Gordon Osinski, is set to help guide astronauts at the lunar south pole \u2014 the first human return since 1972.<\/p>\n<p>That work includes mapping routes, selecting samples and shaping the science done on the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is also eyeing a material contribution set to be ready for 2034: the creation of a lunar rover.<\/p>\n<p>As Caroline-Emmanuelle Morisset, senior scientist in lunar and planetary science at the Canadian Space Agency, puts it, Canada isn\u2019t just watching the next missions in space, it\u2019s helping build them.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published April, 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013with files from William Eltherington<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 Artemis II is back on Earth \u2014 and Canada had a seat on board \u2014 but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-597552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}