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At 48, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques will start his first and possibly only mission to the International Space Station in late December.

Lost in the hoopla in NASA’s recent announcement of the first sets of commercial crew astronauts who will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner, was a short sentence which said international partners would be assigned crew spots at a later date.

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN – As the world’s attention was focused on the Expedition 56/57 crew launch here Wednesday, David Saint-Jacques worked quietly to make sure that his crewmates were prepared for their journey to the International Space Station. Among his duties was holding a video camera during suit-up, to document the activities as the crew was sealed in their spacesuits.

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN – The Canadian Space Agency is positioning its astronaut David Saint-Jacques for a possible spacewalk when he goes to the International Space Station (ISS) in December.

Astronaut David Saint-Jacques is heading to the International Space Station in November as a crew member of Expedition 58 and 59.  As part of the journey Saint-Jacques is participating in educational and public outreach activities to educate and inspire Canada’s youth.

What are some of the notable happenings in Canadian space in 2018? Here’s a hint, the first notable event happens in 8 days with a rocket launch in India.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have partnered with Little Inventors to challenge and engage children “to come up with invention solutions to help astronauts with their lives up in orbit.”

David Saint-Jacques, Canada’s next astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), will perform a variety of science experiments during his six month stay including two new health experiments announced today.

Today the Canadian Space Agency awarded Carré Technologies of Montreal a contract worth as much as $2.4 million over 18 months to continue work on Astroskin, a bio-monitoring system which Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will use on his six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Anyone who has watched a science fiction movie about travelling in space knows that the weightless environment of microgravity on a space ship affects your ability to navigate and orient yourself. But in real life, the impact of microgravity on an astronaut’s brain both in space and after returning to earth has received very little scientific attention.