Canada’s first astronaut flying in space dies at the age of 76.
Marc Garneau, Who made three flights of NASA space missions, died on Wednesday (June 4), after his family described as a short disease.
“We are very grateful to Marc Garneau for his unique public service, vision of leading and enduring contributions to Canada and the world,” Lisa Campbell said, President of Canada Space Agency, to a statement. “More than his unique achievements, Marc is a wonderful person: thoughtful, principle and vulnerable and generousness that has the privilege of working with him.”
“His heritage will continue to encourage us as we improve the role in the space of life on earth,” Campbell said.
Garneau’s first flight of space was also the first to accompany seven crew members. Selected as one of the first six astronauts in Canada. Launched in garneau on October 5, 1984 as a payload specialist by US Space Shuttle Challenging to.
His seat in space about the agreement between corridor and the National Research Council in Canada (Canada’s previous Canada in the Space Agency) in Cantaga in the Spottle Manipulator System, or Robotic Arm, named The GOATS. During the STS-41G mission, Garneau has tried a new sight system used for arm control, in addition to nine experiments and demonstrations of eating Canada.
After standing for Challenger tragedy In 1986 and chosen to train as NASA’s mission specialist, Garneauu has doubled in his third and last mission, Garneau helped install the first pair of giant solar arrares.
Overall, garneau is logged nearly 30 days in space while orbiting land 465 times.
A Capitol in the Canadian Capitol in Canada before an astronaut, Garneau maintained his record of public service from 2001 to 2001. He entered into a chair, winning a chair, winning the parliament in Canada, which he held for 15 years. In 2015, he was also called the minister of Transport and then became a minister of foreign activities before his retirement in 2023.
“I don’t want to explain what I did there, but how I was,” says Garneau to throw his hat on the Liberal Party ring and his candidacy four months). “
For his role as an astronaut in Canada, Garneau was named after a Canadian command officer in 1984 and was egged by the international medal of the year 1992, among other awards.
“A navy official, a professional person who made history, and a public servant of the great difference, he carried the dedication and duty of each post he held,” as Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney in a statement. “May we all remember for national pride and possibility that he represents all of us.”
Garnea was first at the death of his first wife and mother of two of his children, Jacqueline Brown, and his Filipino brother. He lived in his second wife, PAM, four Yves, Simone, George and Adrien.
