Canada will send a moon rover to the moon in the next five years

"Canada plans to land a lunar rover on the moon within the next five years," - wrote Champagne on his Twitter.

Canada will be part of space history!

🌔A Canadian will be part of the Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission going around the Moon since 1972.

🌔Canada plans to land a lunar rover on the Moon within 5 years to prepare our space sector for future exploration missions.

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- François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) 🇨🇦 (@FP_Champagne) May 26, 2021

According to him, this will help prepare the space sector for further research.

Also, the Canadian astronaut will become a member of the Artemis 2 program.

On January 26, the American private company Axiom Space announced the names of the members of the first private crew to travel to the International Space Station (ISS).