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David Saint-Jacques Speaks to the Media for the Last Time Before His Flight

Marc Boucher November 29, 2018 Business, News Leave a comment

Astronaut David Saint-Jacques doing his last media interview before his launch on Dec. 3 to the International Space Station. Credit: Canadian Space Agency.

David Saint-Jaques is in quarantine in Baikonur, Kazakhstan ahead of his launch next Monday morning to the International Space Station (ISS).

Today the media got one final opportunity to interview him virtually before he launches. Here’s the raw video from the event.

His launch on a Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan is scheduled to takeoff on December 3, 2018 at 6:31 am ET. You can watch the launch live on SpaceQ. Saint-Jacques will be the co-pilot for the direct and short six hour flight to the ISS.

Tags Astronaut David Saint-Jacques Canadian Space Agency Expedition 58/59 International Space Station

About Marc Boucher

Boucher is an entrepreneur, writer, editor & publisher. He is the founder of SpaceQ Media Inc. and Executive Vice President, Content of SpaceNews. Boucher has 25+ years working in various roles in the space industry and a total of 30 years as a technology entrepreneur including creating Maple Square, Canada's first internet directory and search engine.