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David Saint-Jacques will be the next Canadian astronaut in space

Published: 15 July 2016

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David Saint-Jacques, MedResident '07, will be the next Canadian astronaut to take part in a space mission.

He is scheduled to travel to space in November, 2018, for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). An adjunct professor in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's Department of Family Medicine, he supervised medical trainees in Nunavik as a ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ clinical faculty lecturer.

He will be the fourth ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ graduate to journey to the ISS, joining fellow astronauts Julie Payette, BEng'86, DSc'03, Robert Thirsk, MDCM'82, and Dave Williams, BSc'76, MDCM'83, MSc'83, DSc'07.

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