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Who is Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut in the Artemis crew?

Who is Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut in the Artemis crew?

Long before he was chosen to orbit the Moon in the ongoing Artemis II mission, Jeremy Hansen was a young cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada. He carried a dream - and had a chance interaction that would help shape his future. In 1995, during his first year at the military college, Hansen met one of his heroes: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. That was before Hadfield had served as commander of the International Space Station. But Hansen saw in his compatriot much of what he aspired to be: a fighter pilot and an astronaut. Hansen asked Hadfield for his email address, and got it on the spot. The brief encounter marked the beginning of a journey that would see Hansen follow closely in his hero's footsteps - first as a fighter pilot, and then by joining the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in 2009. Throughout his astronaut training, his mentor along the way was Hadfield, a young Hansen told the BBC in 2014. The simple but lasting advice he was given: follow what makes you passionate. "Jeremy has been getting ready for this flight since he was five years old," Hadfield told Canadian singer Emm Gryner in a podcast in March. Hansen, now 50, grew up on a farm near London, Ontario, w

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