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NASA to announce crew of Artemis II moon mission at 11 a.m.

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The Service Module component of the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is shown as it is prepared for a future mission at the Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 28, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Joe Raedle/Getty Images).
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VIDEO: NASA and the Canadian Space Agency are set to introduce the first group of astronauts that will head back to the moon.

Jeremy Hansen, 47, of London, Ont., a colonel and CF-18 pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force has been announced as the first Canadian to orbit the moon.

Artemis II, as it’s known, is currently slated to launch as early as November 2024 and will be the first crewed mission to the moon since the final Apollo mission took flight in 1972.

READ MORE: Canadian astronaut to be named for Artemis II moon flyby mission

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