Canadian space program

Canada has contributed expertise and personnel to the world space effort, especially in collaboration with NASA.

Eight Canadians have participated on 11 NASA missions to date:

Name	Shuttle	Mission	Launch Date	Notes
Marc Garneau	Challenger	STS-41-G[?]	October 5, 1984	First Canadian in space
Roberta Bondar	Discovery	STS-42[?]	January 22, 1992	First Canadian woman in space
Steven G. MacLean[?]	Columbia	STS-52[?]	October 22, 1992
Chris Hadfield	Atlantis	STS-74[?]	November 12, 1995
Marc Garneau	Endeavour	STS-77[?]	May 19, 1996
Robert Thirsk[?]	Columbia	STS-78[?]	June 20, 1996
Bjarni Tryggvason[?]	Discovery	STS-85[?]	August 7, 1997
Dafydd Rhys Williams[?]	Columbia	STS-90[?]	April 17, 1998
Julie Payette[?]	Discovery	STS-96[?]	May 27, 1999
Marc Garneau	Endeavour	STS-97[?]	November 30, 2000
Chris Hadfield	Endeavour	STS-100[?]	April 19, 2001	First spacewalk by a Canadian

Owing to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, two further shuttle flights (Steve MacLean in May 2003 and Dave Williams in November 2003[?]) have been put on hold. Two Canadian experiments were destroyed in the loss of Columbia.

Some aspects of Canada's space experience:

The Canadarm[?]

Canadian satellites:

• Alouette
• Anik A1[?]
• RADARSAT-1

Canada's space program is administered by the Canadian Space Agency (http://www.space.gc.ca). The current president of the CSA is Marc Garneau.