April 10, 2026
Education News Canada

UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
UNB is the only academic institution in Canada tracking the Artemis II mission alongside NASA

April 9, 2026

The 10-day mission is carrying NASA astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, on a free-return trajectory around the moon making it the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972.

Computer engineering professor Brent Petersen and his students will be using their satellite dish at the UNB Earth Station atop Gillin Hall to track the spacecraft, saving data on computers so that it can be analyzed later.

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University of New Brunswick
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Fredericton New Brunswick
Canada E3B 5A3
www.unb.ca


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