FILE PHOTO: A plane is pictured in front of the full moon in Curitiba, Brazil February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will for the first time send an astronaut to circle the moon on a U.S. mission planned for 2023, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said on Wednesday, announcing a formal deal with Washington.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence last week unveiled an 18-strong pool of people who could go to the moon under NASA's Artemis program, which Canada is now a part of.
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