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

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).

Longueuil, Quebec, October 23, 2025 — 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 (asc.medias-media.csa@asc-csa.gc.ca). 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: Stacy.Kirpichova@ufv.ca
  • Robert S. Allison, principal investigator of Home-Base (York University). Media contact: egamulin@yorku.ca
  • Santiago Costantino, principal investigator of SANSORI-2 (University of Montreal). Media contact: j.cordeau-gazaille@umontreal.ca
  • Guy Trudel, principal investigator of SPA2 (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa). Media contact: jganton@ohri.ca
• Where: Virtual
  Teams link provided to media upon request

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