Another Canadian is preparing to head to space, this time for ISS mission - Global News
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is preparing for a six-month mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The mission will focus on medical research, including studies on how microgravity affects human health and aging.
Why it matters
This mission highlights Canada's growing niche in space life sciences and the potential for space-based research to provide medical breakthroughs for conditions like osteoporosis on Earth.
Growing up on a cattle farm in eastern Alberta, Joshua Kutryk says he dreamt of going to space though he never thought it would happen.
But a few months after Artemis II’s lunar flyby, the 44-year-old is preparing for a mission to the International Space Station that could lead to medical breakthroughs.
Kutryk is one of four members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew 13 mission.
He will join NASA’s Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. Watkins will be returning to the space station for the second time.
The crew will spend six months at the station to conduct experiments and maintenance work.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew is expected to take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, on Sept. 12.
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