Canadian Astronaut Kutryk Bound for Space Station, Colleague to Back up Moon Flight

Published on November 22, 2023

Canada’s newest astronauts were given marching orders on Nov. 22, with one bound for a sojourn on the International Space Station, while the other will serve as backup on a highly anticipated upcoming lunar mission. Joshua Kutryk’s six-month mission aboard the space station, parts of which are celebrating a 25th anniversary this year, will take place no earlier than 2025. Mr. Kutryk, 41, an engineer and colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., has been working in Houston since 2021 on the Starliner, a Boeing-built spacecraft designed to transport crew to the space station. Mr. Kutryk’s mission will mark the Starliner’s first operational mission....

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