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David Saint-Jacques

Canada

David Saint-Jacques is a Canadian astronaut, astrophysicist, engineer and physician who was selected by the Canadian Space Agency in May 2009 as one of two new astronauts and simultaneously joined NASA Astronaut Group 20. He flew his only spaceflight aboard Soyuz MS-11, launched December 3, 2018, serving as flight engineer across Expeditions 57, 58 and 59 of the International Space Station and returning to Earth on June 24, 2019, after 203 days, 15 hours and 16 minutes in space. During the mission he conducted a spacewalk of about seven hours on April 8, 2019, becoming the fourth Canadian astronaut to perform a spacewalk and the first to do so in twelve years, and he was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022.

Facts
Birth Date
1970-01-06 3
Birth Year
1970 3
Notable Mission
Soyuz MS-11 (2018) 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Flight Engineer 1
Dating
Selection Year
2009 2
Connections

Associated With

Canadian Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: David Saint-Jacques

Operated By

Canadian Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: David Saint-Jacques
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Nationality

Canada

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Source Wikidata: David Saint-Jacques
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. David Saint-Jacques (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia David Saint-Jacques lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Wikipedia: David Saint-Jacques
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    David Saint-Jacques OC OQ FRCGS (born 6 January 1970) is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist, engineer and a physician.
  • David Saint-Jacques, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    In December 2018, he launched to the International Space Station, as flight engineer on Expeditions 57, 58 and 59; he returned to Earth on 25 June 2019.
  • Associated With: Canadian Space Agency, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    David Saint-Jacques (Quebec French: [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚], French pronunciation: [david sɛ̃ʒak]; born 6 January 1970) is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
  • In Group: Canadian Astronauts, Lead sentence
    David Saint-Jacques (Quebec French: [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚], French pronunciation: [david sɛ̃ʒak]; born 6 January 1970) is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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Wikidata: David Saint-Jacques
Wikidata Q448320, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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