Astronaut Saint-Jacques will be busy on his six-month ISS stay, says CSA head Sylvain Laporte

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques blasts off to space on Dec. 3, along with Russian Oleg Kononenko and American Anne McClain.

Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte says Canada is particularly good at space robotics, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence, making it well-suited to missions like the American Lunar Gateway.Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Space Agency

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BY EMILY HAWS

November 26, 2018

While astronaut David Saint-Jacques makes himself at home on the International Space Station, he will also be helping to contribute to life sciences experiments that will continue to have an impact long after he’s returned back to Earth, says Sylvain Laporte, the pre...

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