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