{"id":630816,"date":"2026-04-27T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630816\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:20:16","slug":"canadian-astronaut-joshua-kutrk-heads-to-international-space-station-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630816\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutrk heads to International Space Station this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"crew<\/a>NASA Crew 13 will head to the International Space Station after mid-September 2026 (from left): NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. [NASA – April 2026]
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Sunday April 26, 2026 | OTTAWA, ON<\/p>\n

by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends<\/p>\n

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk will head to the International Space Station orbiting laboratory this fall.<\/p>\n

Kutryk will be a mission specialist with Crew-13 on the NASA space station\u2019s Expedition 75.<\/p>\n

\"crew<\/a>NASA Crew 13 will head to the International Space Station after mid-September 2026 (from left): NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. [NASA \u2013 April 2026]<\/p>\n

Kutrk will be one of four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than mid-September to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition:<\/p>\n

NASA \u2013 Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney \u2013 spacecraft commander and pilot<\/p>\n

Canadian Space Agency \u2013 Joshua Kutryk \u2013 mission specialist<\/p>\n

Roscosmos \u2013 Sergey Teteryatnikov \u2013 mission specialist<\/p>\n

Moving up from November:<\/p>\n

NASA is advancing the launch date of Crew-13 from November to help increase the frequency of U.S. crew rotation missions to the space station. <\/p>\n

This flight is the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Crew activities:<\/p>\n

The crew will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and benefit people on Earth.<\/p>\n

Space station goals:<\/p>\n

For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs that aren\u2019t possible on Earth. <\/p>\n

The space station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build on the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, and to Mars.<\/p>\n

\"ist<\/a>Get your news through professional journalism, not social media. Local, provincial and federal news and analysis posted daily at IslandSocialTrends.ca<\/p>\n

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