David Saint-Jacques

David Saint-Jacques
Saint-Jacques in 2008
Born (1970-01-06) 6 January 1970
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Education
Space career
CSA astronaut
Time in space
203 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes
Selection2009 CSA Group
NASA Group 20 (2009)
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
6 hours, 29 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-11 (Expedition 57/58/59)
Mission insignia
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
ThesisAstronomical Seeing in Space and Time: A Study of Atmospheric Turbulence in Spain and England, 1994-98 (1999)

David Saint-Jacques OC OQ FRCGS (Quebec French: [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚], French pronunciation: [david sɛ̃ʒak]; born 6 January 1970) is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist, engineer, and a physician.

In December 2018, he launched to the International Space Station, as flight engineer on Expeditions 57, 58 and 59; he returned to Earth on 25 June 2019.