/R E P E A T -- Media advisory - Minister Champagne to announce the Canadian Space Agency astronaut who will fly around the Moon/

OTTAWA, ON, March 31, 2023 /CNW/ - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will join NASA and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) leadership in Houston to announce the names of the astronauts assigned to the Artemis II Moon mission. Canada will make history when a CSA astronaut flies around the Moon as part of Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon since the Apollo missions.

Minister Champagne and CSA Vice-President, Mary Preville, will hold a media availability by teleconference to provide an update of this historic announcement.

Date: Monday April 3^rd 2023, 2:10 pm  (Central Daylight Time) / 3:10 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)

Members of the media are asked to contact ISED Media Relations at [email protected] to receive the dial-in information.

Event at NASA Johnson Space Center – Ellington Field

Event at CSA headquarters

Monday, April 3, 2023
Time	What	Who	Where
9:50 a.m. CDT 10:50 a.m. EDT	Artemis II crew announcement event, including NASA live broadcast, at the CSA	Lisa Campbell, CSA President The Honorable Marc Garneau, retired CSA astronaut Kumudu Jinadasa, Program Lead, Astronauts, Life Sciences and Space Medicine	John H. Chapman Space Centre 6767 Route de l'Aéroport Saint-Hubert, Quebec

Note to Media

All interview requests for the CSA astronaut assigned to Artemis II and/or CSA leadership and experts, in Canada or in Houston, must be coordinated with the CSA Media Relations Office.

Interview requests for Minister Champagne must be coordinated directly with his office.

Media are also invited to join CSA President, Lisa Campbell, and the Honourable Marc Garneau, first Canadian to fly to space, at CSA headquarters for this historic event at the time and location below. CSA experts will be on site and available for interviews.

Time:	9:50 a.m. CDT (10:50 a.m. EDT)
Location:	John H. Chapman Space Centre
	6767 Route de l'Aéroport
	Borough of St-Hubert
	Longueuil, Quebec
	J3Y 8Y9

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