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. The current president of the CSA is Marc Garneau.