Media Advisory - Minister Champagne to announce the Canadian Space Agency astronaut who will fly around the Moon

LONGUEUIL, QC, March 29, 2023 /CNW/ -— On Monday, April 3, at 10:00 a.m. CT (11:00 a.m. ET), 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.  

The event will be broadcast on NASA TV and streamed on the CSA's YouTube channel and Facebook page (with simultaneous interpretation).

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. CSA experts will be on site and available for interviews.

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 (information below). Interview requests for Minister Champagne must be coordinated directly with his office.

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.

Event at NASA Johnson Space Center – Ellington Field

Event at CSA headquarters

Monday, April 3, 2023
Time	What	Who	Where
9:50 a.m. CT 10:50 a.m. ET	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 Borough of St-Hubert Longueuil, Quebec J3Y 8Y9

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Canadian Space Agency, Media Relations Office, Telephone: [phone], Website: https://asc-csa.gc.ca/, Email: [email protected]; Laurie Bouchard, Communications Director, Office of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, [email protected], [phone]; Media Relations, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, [email protected]