April 6, 2026, 3:09 p.mApril 6, 2026, 3:09 p.m
During a press conference by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the four astronauts spoke on board Artemis II. The focus was on Jeremy Hansen, a Canadian astronaut who is on this space mission with the three Americans and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch.
At the press conference, the four astronauts answered questions from Canadian citizens, including children. One of the questions was how they would celebrate Easter in space and whether they too were looking for Easter eggs, which they actually did in a slightly different way. This is what they explain in the video:
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Another question that many people probably ask themselves is whether the food tastes good in space and what you can actually eat or cook there. Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch answered these questions and showed what their dinner looked like that day.
This is what the astronauts eat:
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Another question that came up at the press conference, which probably very few people have asked so far, was: How do you perform chest compressions in space, where everyone is weightless?
Here is the answer in the video:
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The mission crew is supposed to fly around the moon and then come back to earth next Saturday in the Pacific through a so-called splashdown.
The four astronauts are the first people to go to the moon in 50 years. This is the second flight into space for Glover, Koch and Wiseman. For the Canadian Hansen it is the first. He is also the first Canadian on a lunar mission, Koch is the first woman and Glover is the first black person on such a lunar mission. (nib)