Marc Garneau

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Garneau was one of the first Canadian Astronauts and he became the first Canadian in outer space in October 1984. In 1984, he was seconded to the new Canadian Astronaut Program (CAP), one of six chosen from over 4,000 applicants. He flew on the shuttle Challenger, STS-41-G from October 5 to 13, 1984, as payload specialist. He was promoted to Captain in 1986, and left the Navy in 1989, to become deputy director of the CAP. In 1992–93, he underwent further training to become a mission specialist. He worked as CAPCOM for a number of shuttle flights and was on two further flights himself: STS-77 (May 19 to 29, 1996) and STS-97 (to the ISS, November 30 to December 11, 2000). He has logged over 677 hours in space. In February 2001, he was appointed executive vice-president of the Canadian Space Agency, and became its president on November 22, 2001.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Quebec City

Education

Royal Military College of Canada; Imperial College London

Awards

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal; Companion of the Order of Canada; Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal; Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa; 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal; and 5 more

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-97Mission Specialist · Success · with Brent W. Jett Jr., Carlos I. Noriega, Joseph R. Tanner, Michael J. BloomfieldDecember 1, 2000 · 03:06 UTC
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-77Mission Specialist · Success · with Andy Thomas, Curtis Brown, Daniel W. Bursch, John Casper, Mario Runco Jr.May 19, 1996
• Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-GPayload Specialist · Success · with David Leestma, Jon McBride, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Paul Scully-Power, Robert Crippen, Sally RideOctober 5, 1984