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Canada names two astronauts to future NASA missions
22 Nov 2023 17:03 GMT
… Quebec headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency on Wednesday morning, François … and Industry, revealed that astronaut Joshua Kutryk will be … mission aboard the ISS. Robert Thirsk spent 188 days in … be first Canadian astronaut to orbit moon
NASA wants to …
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PODCAST: Dr. Robert Thirsk has been in space longer than any other Canadian
10 May 2023 13:23 GMT
… McCully chats with Dr. Robert Thirsk who holds the Canadian … Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as part of the first group of Canadian astronauts … Jubilee Medal, and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal.
If … Authors Grant Lawerance and Bob Williams discuss their new …
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CNES astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier, 1st French scientist to fly in space, dies at 73
26 Mar 2023 15:01 GMT
… "The passing of astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier leaves … new tab) of NASA, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Bob Thirsk.
"For … and its effect on astronauts
STS-78 payload specialist … Image credit: NASA)
After his career as an astronaut, Favier …
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More doctors than pilots become astronauts in Canada, it turns out
01 Dec 2022 11:40 GMT
… Roberta Bondar, a neurologist, and Bob Thirsk, a family physician. In 1992 … health care, such as “the Canadian Space Agency’s Bio-Monitor, which provides … similarities in medical education and astronaut training. Williams, for example, describes …
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Canada is leading the way on health care for astronauts — to be used here on Earth, too
24 Nov 2022 09:50 GMT
… measure and record astronauts’ vital signs. (CSA/NASA)
"Imagine … #47;NASA)
"I think what I really appreciate, the Canadian Space Agency as a … said.
That expertise includes astronaut-physician leaders like Dr. Bob Thirsk, Williams, Saint-Jacques …
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Canadian Space Agency picks ex-astronaut Dave Williams, a doctor, to research medicine on Mars
13 Feb 2019 22:51 GMT
OTTAWA — The Canadian Space Agency says it wants to hire ex-astronaut Dave Williams to … two missions and previously led NASA's space and life … .
Williams will be working alongside Robert Thirsk, who, with almost 205 days …
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Today in History: Robert Thirsk breaks a Canadian space record
01 Dec 2022 15:39 GMT
… 2009, record-breaking Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to Earth after … astronaut Julie Payette arrived aboard a shuttle. Photo by NASA … record-breaking Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to Earth after … far in special counsel Robert Mueller’s wide- …
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Spaceflights ‘Most Likely’ Linked to DNA Mutations Putting Astronauts at Risk of Cancer
01 Sep 2022 01:14 GMT
… and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts who piloted space shuttle … blood screening of astronauts throughout their careers … noting the health hazards astronauts face in spaceflights … statement from former astronaut Robert Thirsk, "The nature …
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SpaceX launches moon lander, military satellites…
15 Feb 2024 08:17 GMT
… ;t try," Bob Thirsk, a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut who spent 188 days … launch schedule for SpaceX, NASA in Florida
About 7½ … -headquartered vendor company in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload … Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space …
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After a few months in space, astronaut bones don’t look so pretty
01 Jul 2022 23:45 GMT
… quite some time. One prior NASA study from 2007 estimated a … to recover following spaceflight.” said Robert Thirsk, a former chancellor at The … of Calgary and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut in a press release. “But …