Team from UNB collects data as part of Artemis II mission

As Canada watches the Artemis II mission closely, University of New Brunswick Professor Brent Petersen and a team of five students are collecting data from the mission on behalf of NASA. Global News reports that the team from UNB is one of 34 organizations around the world tracking the astronaut’s spacecraft, Orion, and is the only team from an academic institution in Canada. The students are watching for a signal from the spacecraft using the satellite dish at UNB Earth Station. While the UNB Earth Station was not designed for deep space, UNB student Megan MacDonald said that it received a signal from the spacecraft on Saturday morning.