Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and the rest of theย Artemisย II crew have received a heroโs welcome at Canadian Space Agency headquarters after their journey to the far side of the moon.
Hansen told a cheering crowd in Longueuil, Que., that many of the people in the room helped make the mission a success.
The 10-day mission took Hansen, mission commander Reid Wiseman and astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch farther from Earth than any humans before them.
Koch told the crowd that both she and Glover previously trained in Canada and that the CSA feels like home to them too.
The crew then answered questions from Industry Minister Mรฉlanie Joly and members of the public alongside Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Gibbons, who was part of the team at NASAโs Mission Control Center.
Wiseman said the international makeup of theย Artemisย II crew brought a diversity of perspectives that strengthened the mission and united the world.
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