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Jeremy Hansen appointed adviser on Canada's space strategy
Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed astronaut Jeremy Hansen as a special adviser on space for the Canadian government.
Hansen will advise Carney and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly as they work on a new national space strategy.
Joly says the plan aims to expand industrial innovation and get more Canadians into space.
Hansen was part of the Artemis II mission, which travelled around the moon in April with three other astronauts.
Canada is seeking more space co-operation with European countries, while Washington has warned it could work with partners other than Canada.
Hansen says he wants to build on Canada's strengths and find new ways to use opportunities in the space sector.
Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed astronaut Jeremy Hansen as a special adviser on space.
Hansen will advise Carney and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly.
Joly said Hansen proposed helping the government craft a new space strategy.
The strategy is intended to expand industrial innovation and get more Canadians into space.
The appointment comes as Canada seeks to expand space co-operation with European countries.
- Who
- Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed astronaut Jeremy Hansen as a special adviser on space.
- What
- Hansen will advise Carney and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly on space strategy.
- When
- October 21, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Hansen proposed helping the government craft a new space strategy to expand industrial innovation and get more Canadians into space.
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Hansen and three other astronauts travelled around the moon as part of the Artemis II mission.
Carney appointed Hansen as a special adviser on space.
- Appointee
- Jeremy Hansen
- Appointing prime minister
- Mark Carney
- Government adviser
- Industry Minister Mélanie Joly
- Mission
- Artemis II
- Mission date
- April
- Strategy aims
- Expand industrial innovation and get more Canadians into space