'Having flown three times, I consider myself blessed beyond any reasonable expectation in life.'
WASHINGTON — Ask Marc Garneau if he'd go back to space and the first Canadian to ever make the trip doesn't hesitate: "In a wink."
Scheduled to blast off as early as November 2024, Artemis II will be the first crewed mission to the moon since the final Apollo mission took flight in 1972. It will also be the first time a Canadian has ventured beyond Earth's orbit. Joining them in 2017 were test pilot and Air Force Lt.-Col. Joshua Kutryk, 41, from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., and Jennifer Sidey, 34, a mechanical engineer and Cambridge University lecturer from Calgary.
"To now have the opportunity for Canada to be only the second country to have an astronaut go on a lunar mission — this is extraordinary." While that research isn't directly related to Artemis, it's bound to be a key factor down the road as the ultimate mission continues to evolve into something that will bear little resemblance to its Apollo ancestors.
Even now, Osinski is still incredulous that Canada managed to secure a spot on Artemis II — and he credits everything from the country's geographical and economic ties with the U.S. to the ongoing work of the Canadian astronaut corps.
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