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By The Canadian Press
Space Exploration

Astronauts from Alberta headed to space

Nov 22, 2023 | 4:31 PM

LONGUEUIL, Que. – Another Canadian astronaut will be heading to the International Space Station.

Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to a six-month mission that will launch no earlier than the beginning of 2025.

The 41-year-old was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta and grew up near Beauvallon.

Francois-Philippe Champagne, federal minister of innovation, science and industry, made the announcement today at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters, near Montreal

As well, Champagne says Jenni Gibbons from Calgary has been assigned as the backup astronaut for the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon.

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There are four active Canadian astronauts, with the most junior pair Gibbons and Kutryk selected in 2017.

The other two are David Saint-Jacques and Jeremy Hansen, both of whom joined the astronaut corps in 2009.

Hansen is part of the Artemis II mission crew, one that is to fly around the moon, as early as this time next year.

(The Canadian Press)

by The Canadian Press

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