CSA's New Astronaut Candidates

Top 16 Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Candidates Introduced
“Today, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) President Steve MacLean introduced the Top 16 candidates who are participating in the Agency’s National Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. This announcement provides insight into the process of selecting the next two members of Canada’s Astronaut Corps. This group was selected from over 5351 online and screened applicants to the National Astronaut Recruitment Campaign, which was launched in May 2008. Over the last several months, the CSA has interviewed candidates and put them through a series of medical exams as well as physical and skills tests in what were sometimes extreme conditions. They have also been tested for their creativity, teamwork skills and physical fitness to determine their ability to meet the demands of astronaut training and space flight.”
Editor’s note: Special congratulations to my Devon Island colleague Matt Bamsey!