Canadian Astronaut Joshua Kutryk Launches on First Space Mission to the International Space Station
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced on October 1 that CSA astronaut Colonel Joshua Kutryk has embarked on his first space mission, a journey of approximately six months aboard the International Space Station. Kutryk lifted off at 11:10 a.m. Eastern Time aboard a Dragon crew spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, joining NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov on the SpaceX Crew-13 mission.
This is the CSA's fourth long-duration mission to the International Space Station, and the first CSA astronaut mission flown as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The three previous Canadian long-duration missions were flown by Robert Thirsk, Chris Hadfield and David Saint-Jacques.
Kutryk's mission follows Canada's participation in the Artemis II mission earlier this year, which carried humans around the Moon, including Jeremy Hansen, the first Canadian to take part in a lunar mission.
During their stay, the Crew-13 astronauts will conduct science experiments, maintenance and operations aboard the station. Canadian-sponsored research includes studies of muscle and exercise health, spatial orientation, eye health, anemia, cardiovascular function and blood-clot risk in microgravity.
Kutryk was selected as a CSA astronaut in 2017, alongside Jenni Gibbons. He was originally assigned to the first operational flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft; after that program was restructured, NASA reassigned him to Crew-13. He is scheduled to return to Earth around March 2027.
Source: Canadian Space Agency
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Photo: 图：国际空间站。加拿大宇航员 Joshua Kutryk 将在站上驻留约六个月。图片来源：NASA 摄，Wikimedia Commons，Public domain。EN: The International Space Station, where Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk will spend about six months. Image: photo by NASA, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
