"It is a whole different experience being up there for six months where you have the chance to do and experience more things. But compare it to a 6-month stay on the space station? "It is like a sprint," said former astronaut LeRoy Chaio on 's live coverage of the launch. The crew includes Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli and Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Michael Good, Steve Bowen, and Piers Sellers.Ī 12-day mission is one of the shorter durations for a mission to the ISS. The shuttle crew is scheduled to dock to the station at 10:27 a.m. Since Atlantis will be ready to go as a rescue ship for the currently schedule final flight of the shuttle program (for the post-Columbia Launch On Need mission), many have said it should be flown. The 12-day mission will include 3 spacewalks for that will focus on storing spare components outside the station, including six batteries, a communications antenna and parts for the Canadian Dextre robotic arm.īut will it be the final flight of Atlantis? "We like to call this the first last flight of Atlantis," said commander Ken Ham in a preflight news conference. and - for the first (at last) time - bring a Russian module to the station. supplies, including food and laptop computers to the International Space Station.
The shuttle and its six astronauts will deliver 3,000 pounds of U.S. This planned space station will be a vital element of the Artemis program, NASA said.Atlantis launched successfully, and beautifully, on its final scheduled voyage to space Friday at 2:20 pm EDT (1820 GMT). The homemade Canadarm3 robotic system, for example, will self-maintain the U.S.-led Lunar Gateway station in the near future. "These historic missions should inspire young Canadians to become the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers," Minister Champagne's office told CTV News.Īnd these chances didn't just drop from the sky, as Canada is a major contributor to deep space exploration. The chosen astronaut would be the first Canadian to travel to deep space, and also the first non-American to be sent on a mission to the moon. "We spent a lot of time learning about living in space at the ISS, and now we’re ready to take all that knowledge to go back to the moon - and settle there for good." "In the 70s, as a kid, I was so impressed by the Apollo missions and it really drove me to become an explorer," he told CTV News. He is one of four CSA astronauts who might venture off into deep space on the Orion spacecraft.
"This marks the beginning of a new era, and Canada is right front and centre throughout all of this new phase," said David Saint-Jacques, a Quebec-born CSA astronaut who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) as a flight engineer in 2018. If the uncrewed test flight goes well on Monday, one lucky Canadian astronaut will orbit the moon in 2024 as part of the Artemis II four-person crew. Meanwhile, CSA President Lisa Campbell will be in Florida to witness the take-off, joined by Canada's Innovation, Science and Industry Minister, François-Philippe Champagne.Ĭanada is going to make history when the Artemis program reaches its next stage. The uncrewed #Artemis I mission around the Moon will pave the way for future crewed missions and begin a new chapter of exploration. In just five days, the first launch opportunity of the integrated rocket and spacecraft will take place.
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