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Since 1984, when Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space, nine CSA astronauts have flown on US NASA Space Shuttles and on Russian Soyuz rockets in 15 missions. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In May 2009, Robert Thirsk flew to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month stay, thus becoming the first Canadian to stay aboard the ISS for an extended ...
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.
This is a list of astronauts by year of selection: people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies.
Canada: 5 October 1984: STS-41-G [102] David Leestma United States Jon McBride United States Paul Scully-Power United States Kathryn Sullivan United States 155: Anna Fisher United States: 8 November 1984: STS-51-A [103] David Walker United States 157: James Buchli United States: 24 January 1985: STS-51-C [104] Ellison Onizuka † United States ...
List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970; List of human spaceflights, 1971–1980; List of human spaceflights, 1981–1990; List of human spaceflights, 1991–2000
The museum temporarily relocated its artifacts to a secure storage location at Toronto Pearson International Airport. [15] In November 2018 it was announced that the museum's collection would be relocated to Edenvale Airport, 100 km northwest of Toronto. It will reopen in 2019 and be renamed the Canadian Air and Space Conservancy. [8]
2000 - 2001, part of Roots Canada, ceased operations when ownership acquired by Air Canada Skycraft Air Transport: Oshawa: 1977 - 1989, reincarnated in 1989 and operating until 1994. Skyservice Airlines: 5G SSV SKYTOUR Toronto Pearson: 1986 - 2010, differs from existing Skyservice Business Aviation - same owners Soundair: SDR SOUNDAIR Toronto ...
NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a Manned Maneuvering Unit outside Space Shuttle Challenger on shuttle mission STS-41-B in 1984 An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft ...