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On Monday, fellow Canadian Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates took part in a six-hour lunar flyby \u2014 the highlight of NASA\u2019s first return to the moon since the Apollo era. Gibbons has been a voice link from Earth to space \u2014 coaching her friend and the other astronauts on key mission objectives. 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On Monday, fellow Canadian Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates took part in a six-hour lunar flyby \u2014 the highlight of NASA\u2019s first return to the moon since the Apollo era. Gibbons has been a voice link from Earth to space \u2014 coaching her friend and the other astronauts on key mission objectives. 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