Sunday April 26, 2026 | OTTAWA, ON
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk will head to the International Space Station orbiting laboratory this fall.
Kutryk will be a mission specialist with Crew-13 on the NASA space station’s Expedition 75.
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:
- NASA – Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney – spacecraft commander and pilot
- Canadian Space Agency – Joshua Kutryk – mission specialist
- Roscosmos – Sergey Teteryatnikov – mission specialist
Moving up from November:
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.
This flight is the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Crew activities:
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.
Space station goals:
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’t possible on Earth.
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.
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