Canadians in Space
Nine Canadians have participated in 13 NASA manned missions and two Soyuz ones:
| Name | Launch Vehicle |
Mission | Launch date | International Space Station Expedition |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Garneau | Challenger | STS-41-G | 1984, October 5 | First Canadian in space | |
| Roberta Bondar | Discovery | STS-42 | 1992, January 22 | First Canadian woman in space | |
| Steven MacLean | Columbia | STS-52 | 1992, October 22 | ||
| Chris Hadfield | Atlantis | STS-74 | 1995, November 12 | Expedition 34 (forthcoming), Expedition 35 (commander; forthcoming) | Only Canadian to visit Mir; first Canadian ISS commander |
| Marc Garneau | Endeavour | STS-77 | 1996, May 19 | First Canadian to return to space | |
| Robert Thirsk | Columbia | STS-78 | 1996, June 20 | ||
| Bjarni Tryggvason | Discovery | STS-85 | 1997, August 7 | ||
| Dafydd Williams | Columbia | STS-90 | 1998, April 17 | ||
| Julie Payette | Discovery | STS-96 | 1999, May 27 | First Canadian to visit International Space Station (ISS mission) | |
| Marc Garneau | Endeavour | STS-97 | 2000, November 30 | ISS mission, Return to space (third visit) | |
| Chris Hadfield | Endeavour | STS-100 | 2001, April 19 | ISS mission, Return to space (second visit), First spacewalk by a Canadian | |
| Steven MacLean | Atlantis | STS-115 | 2006, September 9 | ISS mission, Return to space (second visit), Canadian Spacewalk | |
| Dafydd Williams | Endeavour | STS-118 | 2007, August 27 | ISS mission, Return to space (second visit), Canadian Spacewalk | |
| Robert Thirsk | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-15 (Союз ТМА-15) | 2009, May 27 | Expedition 20, Expedition 21 | Return to space (second visit), First flight on a Russian launch vehicle by a Canadian, first Canadian on a permanent ISS crew |
| Julie Payette | Endeavour | STS-127 | 2009, July 15 | ISS mission, First Canadian woman to return to space, First time two Canadians were in space simultaneously (with Thirsk), Largest gathering (13) of humans in space, as 7 STS-127 arrivals join 6 already on ISS, Largest gathering (5) of nationalities in space, as USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, and Belgium have astronauts together on ISS | |
| Guy Laliberté | Soyuz | Soyuz TMA-16 (Союз ТМА-16) | 2009, September 30 | First Canadian space tourist |
Note: Two former Canadian astronauts never flew in space; Michael McKay resigned due to medical reasons and Kenneth Money resigned in 1992, eight years after his selection.
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