Published on February 8, 2017
2014-05-13 – As a kid, David Saint-Jacques travelled the world with his family, fostering his spirit of exploration, openness, curiosity and caring for others. An engineer and strophysicist, David later became a family physician and practiced medicine in the Canadian Arctic.
On May 13, 2009, he was recruited by the Canadian Space Agency as one of two new astronauts after a year-long process. Get to know David better with this video profile produced on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of his recruitment.
Credit: Canadian Space Agency
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