/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Back to school: First week of training for Canada's new astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Jenni Sidey/
LONGUEUIL, QC, Aug. 17, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Canada's newest astronaut candidates, LCol Joshua Kutryk and Dr. Jenni Sidey, are now ready to begin their basic astronaut training alongside their American colleagues as part of NASA's 2017 Astronaut Class at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
On Tuesday, August 22, they will participate in a conversation with the Expedition 52 crew members, who are currently working and living aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The conversation, which will be broadcast on NASA Television, will immediately be followed by a news conference.
Canadian media are invited to participate in the news conference by telephone. There will be a few brief opportunities for individual interviews with LCol Kutryk, Dr. Sidey, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who is the NASA Astronaut Class supervisor.
Date: August 22, 2017
Time: 12:45 p.m. EDT
Who: Canadian astronaut
candidates LCol Joshua
Kutryk and Dr. Jenni Sidey
NASA's astronaut
candidates
What:
Conversation between NASA's 2017 The conversation between the
Astronaut Class and the Expedition 2017 Astronaut Class and the
52 crew onboard the ISS, followed Expedition 52 crew and the
by a news conference news conference will be
broadcast on NASA Television.
Media who wish to participate
in the news conference by
telephone must call Johnson's
newsroom at 281-483-5111 no
later than 12:30 p.m. EDT on
August 22.
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Brief individual interviews with Canadian media who wish to
Joshua Kutryk, Jenni Sidey and request individual interviews
Jeremy Hansen must call the Canadian Space
Agency's Media Relations
Office at 450-926-4370 before
10:00 a.m. EDT on August 21.
Please note that individual
interview opportunities will
be very limited.
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