Lisa Campbell
President of the Canadian Space Agency since 2020.
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What did Canada trade to get an astronaut seat on the first crewed Moon mission in 50 years?
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- Who runs the Canadian Space Agency?
- Lisa Campbell has been President of the CSA since August 2020.Source: CSA
- What did Canada contribute to the Artemis programme?
- Canadarm3 for the Lunar Gateway and astronaut Jeremy Hansen on Artemis II, in exchange for continued robotic expertise.Source: CSA
- Why is a Canadian astronaut going to the Moon?
- Canada negotiated an Artemis crew seat through its Canadarm3 and Gateway module contributions, the largest Canadian space commitment since the original Canadarm.Source: CSA
Background
Lisa Campbell has served as President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) since August 2020, overseeing Canada's contribution to the Artemis programme. A career public servant with senior roles in the Department of National Defence and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Campbell leads the agency responsible for Canadarm3, the robotic system for the Lunar Gateway, and Canada's astronaut programme.
Campbell's most visible Artemis role is managing Canada's stake in the mission that puts Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on Artemis II, the first non-American to fly beyond low Earth orbit. The CSA contributed the Canadarm lineage of robotic systems and negotiated a Gateway module in exchange for continued robotic expertise. Campbell has framed the Artemis partnership as Canada's largest space commitment since the original Canadarm launched on the Space Shuttle in 1981.
Under Campbell, the CSA navigates a delicate position: a junior partner in a programme where schedule slips and cost overruns are driven by NASA and its prime contractors, yet politically committed to deliver Canadian hardware and astronauts on timelines Ottawa does not control.
