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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Bains introduced the final 17 astronaut candidates today in Toronto. They include ten members of Canada’s military and seven civilians.
The Candidates
- Matthew Bamsey, German Aerospace Center
- Alex DeLorey, Bruce Major Component Replacement Project
- Francis James Frenzel, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Vanessa Fulford, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Michael Anthony Jordan, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Erik Kroeker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Joshua Kutryk, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Charles-Phillipe Lajoie, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Jason Leuschen, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Robert Riddell, Canadian Armed Forces
- Jennifer Anne MacKinnon Sidey, University of Cambridge
- Adam Sirek, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Nathalie Sleno, Canadian Armed Forces
- Evan Alexander Beirne Thomas, Portland State University
- Andréane Vidal, Canadian Armed Forces
- Michelle Whitby, Canadian Armed Forces
- Jesse Zroback, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
