LONGUEUIL, Que. – Another Canadian astronaut will be heading to the International Space Station.
Joshua Kutryk, a former pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been assigned to a six-month mission that will launch no earlier than the beginning of 2025.
Francois-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the announcement today at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters, near Montreal.
Kutryk has a connection to the Quinte area.
His mother, Kathy Empey, attended Quinte Secondary School in Belleville.
As well, Champagne says Jenni Gibbons has been assigned as the backup astronaut for the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon.
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.
(The Canadian Press)
