A week is separating Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques from Earth. The astronaut will return to Earth because his mission to the International Space Station is coming to an end. On Wednesday, it was day 199 for Saint-Jacques, and he says that Monday night will return to Earth. Even if the returning to gravity will be painful for the body than living six months in Space, he is excited to go back to his wife and children.
How Was Saint-Jacques Experience in Space?
The astronaut says he now knows how to fly, how to do flips, he can now stay upside down, and the sense of gravity doesn’t bother him anymore. The little issue will be here on Earth; he says that he should learn how to walk again. The last moments of his experience in Space will be enjoyed for sure, and he will return with a Russian Soyuz capsule.
Besides this, Saint-Jacques is saying that he’s trying to soak all in because once he is on Earth, everything will seem like a dream. His first Space mission was with astronaut Anne McClain from NASA and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko from Russia. The purpose started on December 3, and they arrived with a Soyuz capsule.
Also, he is officially the first Canadian who stayed in Space that long. Saint-Jacques participated in a six and a half hour spacewalk on April 8, and this one is a highlight for him. He is the first Canadian to walk in Space since 2007 when David Williams has done it. His presence there was useful in many ways; he used the Station’s Canadarm 2, which is a robotic arm, for catching the SpaceX Dragon cargo. This operation was the first time again for a Canadian.
Finally, the Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is saying that he will miss the view from Space, but he misses a lot more the little pleasures from our planet. He is packing his belongings and could take a small box aboard the Soyuz, the rest of the items will be sent with the Dragon spacecraft.
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