{"id":908123,"date":"2026-09-24T17:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/908123\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:48:11","slug":"nasa-news-canadian-astronaut-on-spacex-crew-13-iss-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/908123\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA news: Canadian astronaut on SpaceX Crew 13 ISS mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk is set to join NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew 13 mission, heading to the International Space Station (ISS). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HOUSTON \u2014 Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says he\u2019s been dreaming of going to space for a long time \u2014 and assuming everything goes to plan, he could fulfil that goal next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 44-year-old is one of four individuals assigned to NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew 13 mission heading to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The crew will spend six months at the station conducting experiments, doing research and taking part in critical maintenance work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kutryk is currently quarantining in Houston but will travel to Florida for the launch, which is currently set to take place next Thursday at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kutryk says he is proud to represent Canada and will be bringing Canadian flags with him on the journey. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He also plans to bring with him a pocket watch that his family, who homesteaded in Alberta four generations ago, brought with them when they came to Canada from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4IM7OPZ3PXDCYWWTVCMTH4JNAY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is shown at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida on Monday, March 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Kelly Malone Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is shown at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida on Monday, March 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Kelly Malone <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 24, 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u2014 By Kelly Geraldine Malone in Washington<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk is set to join NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew 13 mission, heading to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[45,49,48,1688,47,66],"class_list":["post-908123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-manufacturing","tag-national","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908123","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=908123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}