Julie Payette

Julie Payette has been a Canadian astronaut since 1992. A professional engineer, Julie Payette is also a singer and pianist, is fluent in English and French, and has conversational skills in Spanish, Italian and Russian. In 1999, Julie Payette flew on her first space mission. She was the first Canadian to participate in an International Space Station (ISS) assembly mission and to board the ISS. In 2009, on her second mission to the ISS, she met up with Canadian Astronaut Bob Thirsk who is on an extended stay on the ISS. It marked the first time two Canadians have been in space at the same time.

Mission Specialist on Space Mission STS-96 - Space Shuttle Discovery - May 27 to June 6, 1999 Mission Specialist on Space Mission STS-127 - Space Shuttle Endeavour - Launched July 15, 2009

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