Jeremy Hansen, one of four astronauts who returned to Earth two months ago after travelling around the moon, said nothing could have prepared him for the awe he felt in space or the overwhelming support he's received from Canadians.

The Canadian astronaut, who is the first non-American to travel to the moon, said the views from space blew him away.

"The things that we saw continued to put us into a state of awe, a state of gratitude," he said in an interview Wednesday.

"It really made me feel tiny…