David Saint-Jacques

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David Saint-Jacques
David Saint-Jacques
Country: CanadaCanada Canada
Organization: Canadian Space AgencyCSA CSA
selected on May 13, 2009
( 3rd CSA group )
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: 3rd December 2018
Landing: June 24, 2019
Time in space: 203d 15h 17min
EVA inserts: 1
EVA total duration: 06h 29min
Space flights

David Saint-Jacques (born January 6, 1970 in Québec ) is a Canadian astronaut .

biography

Saint-Jacques studied technical physics at the École polytechnique de Montréal . In 1998, he received a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, UK , after previously writing studies on the instruments of the COAST telescope and the Canarian William Herschel telescope . In addition, Saint-Jacques graduated from Laval University with a doctorate in medicine in 2005 and worked for several years as a family doctor at McGill University .

From 1999 to 2001, Saint-Jacques was involved in the development and operation of the Subaru telescope in Hawaii. He later became a member of the Astrophysical Group at the University of Montreal . Before joining the Canadian astronaut squad, Saint-Jacques worked as a doctor in a clinic in an Inuit settlement in the Canadian province of Québec . He has also taught as a lecturer in the medical school at McGill University.

Astronaut activity

On May 13, 2009, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) appointed Saint-Jacques as a member of the third Canadian space travel group in their astronaut squad. Until September 2011, Saint-Jacques completed his training as a mission specialist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston together with US astronauts . Since then he has been working in the robotics department at JSC, which also includes training at the European Robotic Arm .

From 20. to 26. In October 2011 he was part of NASA's NEEMO-15 submarine mission together with Aquanauts Commanders Shannon Walker ( NASA ), Takuya Ōnishi ( JAXA ) and Steve Squyres (Cornell University, University of North Carolina, Wilmington) .

On May 16, 2016, Saint-Jacques was nominated for a six-month stay on board the ISS. He flew to the ISS on December 3, 2018 with the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft and worked there as a flight engineer for ISS expeditions 58 and 59 . He returned on June 24, 2019. Previously he was a substitute for the German Alexander Gerst on the Soyuz MS-09 flight .

Private

Saint-Jacques grew up in Saint-Lambert, a suburb of Montreal , and is fluent in English and French. His hobbies include cycling, climbing and sailing.

See also

Web links

Commons : David Saint-Jacques  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Biography of David Saint-Jacques. CSA, July 2009, accessed October 10, 2009 .
  2. ^ David Saint-Jacques - Doctorat honoris causa - École Polytechnique de Montréal. August 8, 2012, accessed February 8, 2019 (French).
  3. ^ Biographies of international space travelers: David Saint-Jacques. Spacefacts, July 8, 2009, accessed October 10, 2009 .
  4. ^ Two New Canadian Astronauts Certified. CSA, September 8, 2011; archived from the original on October 10, 2011 ; accessed on September 9, 2011 .
  5. ^ Biographical Data: David Saint-Jacques. NASA, September 2009, accessed October 10, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Saint-Jacques, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian astronaut candidate
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Quebec , Province of Quebec , Canada