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The Second Space Race is Underway: The US-China Space Race
America is racing back to the Moon on a fraction of Apollo’s budget, while China is rapidly closing the gap. At stake is dominance in space, and potentially on Earth as well.
Artemis II Crew Makes History in Space
The Artemis II Crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, made history on Monday, April 6, becoming the first people to travel 252,756 miles from Earth. During a planned 40-minute communications blackout with NASA, they completed their lunar flyby, also becoming the first people to observe certain regions of the far side of the Moon.
NASA’s Artemis II Gives the US-Canada Alliance a Lunar Stage
Artemis II splashed down on Friday, April 11, 2026, concluding a record-breaking mission that brought the Canadian-American alliance to new heights. Serving as Artemis II’s Mission Specialist, astronaut Jeremy Hansen became the first Canadian, and first non-American, to participate in a lunar mission, marking a lighter moment in U.S.-Canadian relations. These ties have been strained under U.S. President Donald Trump amid ongoing trade tensions between the two countries.