David Saint-Jacques, Canada’s newest astronaut, is speaking with the media from the International Space Station (ISS) today at 10 a.m. ET.
Saint-Jacques blasted off to the space station last Monday together with American astronaut Anne McClain and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko.
He’s already been hard at work. On Thursday, Saint-Jacques began a new set of experiments on perception, part of a study by York University. It’s expected that he will conduct about 200 experiments while aboard the ISS.
This is the first time a Canadian has been in space since Chris Hadfield returned in 2013. It’s also the first crewed mission since two astronauts were forced to abort less than a minute after launch on Oct. 11.
Saint-Jacques will spend about 6½ months in space, returning in June.