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Media Advisory – Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk to take part in virtual briefing about new Canadian scientific studies

LONGUEUIL, QC, Oct. 23, 2025 /CNW/ – On October 28 at 2:00 pm ET, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will hold a virtual media briefing to present four new Canadian scientific studies that are being conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, who will be the next Canadian to go to the ISS, will talk about the concrete benefits of these studies for Canadians and how they will help shape the future of human exploration missions to the Moon and, one day, to Mars.

He will be accompanied by Valérie Gil, senior exploration scientist at the CSA, as well as the principal investigators of the four studies.

Media who wish to attend the briefing are asked to register by emailing the CSA’s Media Relations Office ([email protected]). A Teams link and instructions for the question period will be sent to journalists who are registered.


Date:

October 28, 2025


Time:

2:00 pm ET


What:

Technical briefing for Canadian media


Who:


Joshua Kutryk, CSA astronaut


Valérie Gil, senior exploration scientist (CSA)


Jelena Brcic, principal investigator of C-STARS (University of the Fraser
Valley). Media contact: [email protected]


Robert S. Allison, principal investigator of Home-Base (York University).
Media contact: [email protected]


Santiago Costantino, principal investigator of SANSORI-2 (University of
Montreal). Media contact: [email protected]


Guy Trudel, principal investigator of SPA2 (Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute and University of Ottawa). Media contact: [email protected]


Where:

Virtual


Teams link provided to media upon request

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