After having already spent spent four months in space, David Saint-Jacques found it hard to express his feelings on his first spacewalk saying, “What a view. Words are missing.”
Read More »David Saint-Jacques is Prepared for his First Spacewalk
At approximately 8:05 a.m. EDT April 8 David Saint-Jacques will enter the International Space Station Quest airlock and shortly thereafter begin his first spacewalk, something he’s wanted to do since he first dreamed of going into space.
Read More »NASA Previews David Saint Jacques and Anne McClain Spacewalk
David Saint-Jacques will put years of training for a spacewalk to work on Monday April 8 as he and fellow Expedition 59 astronaut Anne McClain will exit the space stations Quest airlock around 8:05 a.m EDT to begin an approximate 7 hour spacewalk.
Read More »Astronaut David Saint-Jacques Gets his Spacewalk
NASA announced yesterday that Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will participate in his first spacewalk currently scheduled for April 8.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques Talks About Why he Included Indigenous People and Culture on his Mission
Astronaut David-Saint Jacques was asked by Mi’kmaw artist Shanna Francis why he included Indigenous people and culture on his mission. The answer is worth hearing and goes to the heart of who David Saint-Jacques is.
Read More »International Space Station Partners Look Ahead to the Lunar Gateway
On March 5, the International Space Station (ISS) Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) met and affirmed their support for the U.S. led Lunar Gateway program.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques the First Astronaut to Enter New SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule
A new spacecraft has docked with the Space Station, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on its maiden voyage, a precursor to astronauts using the spacecraft.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques Takes Student Questions with the Prime Minister Onlooking
Prime Minister Trudeau participated in a live event with students from Rideau Hall in Ottawa this morning with Governor General Julie Payette acting as the moderator as the students posed questions to David Saint-Jacques on the International Space Station.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques and Expedition 58 Astronauts Send Holiday Greetings from Space
Fifty years ago on the Apollo 8 mission NASA astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders celebrated the first holiday season in space while entering orbit around the moon on Christmas Eve.
Read More »International Space Station Crew Down to Three
David Saint-Jacques is in his third week aboard the International Station Station (ISS) and later today it will become a lot quieter with the departure of half of the crew.
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