Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Breaks Record

0:00Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his Artemis II crew just smashed the record for the farthest any humans have traveled from Earth, hitting that. Mark during their lunar fly-by on April 6, 2026. They're aboard the Orion spacecraft, looping around the moon and NASA's big pushback to deep space after decades away. Earlier this week, Hansen's parents from Ingersoll, Ontario, fired off an email to their son on April 4 and got a reply back from outer space. Yesterday saying he's having a blast and sending love. The family watched the action unfold on Easter Monday from Fort Myers, Florida, cheering as the crew got up close to the lunar surface. Nancy and Gary Hansen couldn't hide their pride, calling it a dream come true even without a landing, and they've been surrounded by support from NASA. And Canadian space agency folks, at parties leading up to the fly-by, they see this firing up kids back home to chase science dreams and hit the books harder. Meanwhile, Hansen beamed out a message before losing signal behind the moon, shouting out

1:01family and calling the far side views extraordinary while. Looking back at Earth, this mission marks the first time a non-Americans gone beyond low Earth orbit, echoing Apollo 8's historic orbit 58 years ago. As the crew wraps their six hour lunar pass that kicked off at 2.45 pm Eastern time, they're prepped for splashdown Friday evening with the Hansen's heading to Houston mission control to witness the homecoming and what it means for the next moon shots. That's your update from Vancouver News Today, powered by AI.