Longueuil, Quebec, - Over the past few days, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk participated in NASA's SEATEST 7 underwater mission, which took place on a lunar habitat mockup off Santa Catalina Island in California, at a depth of about nine metres.
Joshua Kutryk was assigned to a six-month mission on the International Space Station, scheduled to launch no earlier than . He is continuing his training and is contributing to the efforts of Canadian astronauts to advance space missions and the Artemis program.
To work towards establishing a long-term presence on and around the Moon, the astronauts participating in SEATEST 7 tested a series of scenarios to plan for future logistics operations on the Moon. These scenarios recreated some of the conditions and challenges associated with a permanent lunar presence.
