{"id":845037,"date":"2026-08-03T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845037\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:46:09","slug":"canadian-astronaut-prepares-for-nasa-mission-to-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845037\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian astronaut prepares for NASA mission to International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months after Artemis II\u2019s lunar flyby, another Canadian astronaut is preparing for a mission in space. <\/p>\n<p>Joshua Kutryck from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., is one of four members assigned to NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew 13 mission. <\/p>\n<p>The crew will spend six months at the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>The mission includes a Canadian-led study on how space travel and microgravity can affect human health.<\/p>\n<p>The crew will also conduct maintenance work on the station.<\/p>\n<p>The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew is expected to take off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few months after Artemis II\u2019s lunar flyby, another Canadian astronaut is preparing for a mission in space.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[45,49,48,1688,47,11867,66],"class_list":["post-845037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-manufacturing","tag-national","tag-ontario-quebec","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}