Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk shares his first impressions from space

Kutryk, from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, launched with three crewmates on Oct 1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. He is now one of seven astronauts on the International Space Station.

You have to sort of learn to do everything again, almost like you're a child.

— Joshua Kutryk, on eating and sleeping in orbit

AstroFit's continuous monitoring

48 hours

He wears a sensor shirt for AstroFit, a Canadian-led experiment that gives 48 hours of continuous monitoring of his heart rate, breathing and oxygen levels.

Background

Kutryk is the first Canadian on a long-duration station mission since David Saint-Jacques returned in June 2019.