{"id":589138,"date":"2026-05-17T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589138\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T15:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:14:19","slug":"lessons-from-an-astronaut-artemis-ii-crew-shares-advice-on-risk-work-and-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589138\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from an astronaut: Artemis II crew shares advice on risk, work and friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his Artemis II<\/a> crewmates have shared some of the life lessons they learned preparing for and carrying out their record-breaking lunar flyby last month.<\/p>\n

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Their 10-day mission launched April 1 from Florida, taking Hansen and his three American crewmates \u2014 commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Koch \u2014 farther from Earth than any humans before them.<\/p>\n

The crew attended an event Friday hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan\u00a0Montreal, where they were asked to share advice they learned that could help people on Earth. Here\u2019s what they had to say:<\/p>\n

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Hansen told the crowd that the astronaut team committed to developing a close relationship and worked on it constantly, like building and exercising a new muscle. He said the crew leaned on behavioural health experts to help build their communication skills.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe asked them to help us have some of the hard conversations,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just that commitment. And what we learned was, we know (that) no matter what happens, whatever hurdle we run into, we know at the centre of that is the desire to be a strong team and truly, underneath all that, we do love each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koch said the team \u201cchose each other day after day, even the days that we wanted to maybe be somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grind is real. We chose that. We chose the group hug, and put that choice first,\u201d she added, as a picture of the crew embracing flashed on the screen behind her.<\/p>\n

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Koch said the team prepared to handle the pressure of the mission by training for \u201clow-probability, high-stakes situations\u201d that were unlikely to occur. She said this preparation allowed the crew to feel a sense of calm while in space.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made a point to make sure that our plans, if we got to space and literally never heard a word from mission control again, we would know how to get ourselves safely back on Earth,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that vigilance builds in resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Glover stressed the importance of repeating the same skills over and over again until basic tasks were automatic, in what he called \u201cpractice makes process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In space, \u201cwe didn\u2019t have to think and actively process the basics so that we could focus our attention on the novel or unique parts, and I can\u2019t overemphasize that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On risk<\/p>\n

Wiseman said the risk of the mission was a reminder for the team to spend time with loved ones and leave nothing unsaid.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was to call your old friends and just have a quick conversation, just to remind people to walk in nature and look at grass and watch a bird fly,\u201d he said. \u201cWe all of a sudden had a driving force to just look at our lives and make sure everything was in order.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Glover said he leaned on prayer as well as trust in the people working to ensure the mission\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that trust that was built on that team and their judgment and that data, combined with faith \u2014 we weren\u2019t built to be in fear \u2014 gave us the opportunity to be clear-eyed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Hansen says some people mistakenly believe that failure is not an option for astronauts, which is \u201cjust not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the difference is, in our culture, we will not stop when we meet failure,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will just keep creating a solution.\u201d He told the business crowd gathered in\u00a0Montreal\u00a0that this attitude will be important in the coming years, as Canada is asked once again to help develop new technologies to guide future space exploration.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want to stay at that leading edge, if we want to continue to be a valued partner on the international world stage with respect to space, we\u2019re going to ask a lot of our industry like we always have, and they\u2019re going meet with failure,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the expectation is \u2014 and of course, it\u2019s a Canadian core value \u2014 we\u2019re not going to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2026.<\/p>\n

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