Canadian Astronaut visit

Canadian Astronaut - Dr. David Saint-Jacques

April 1, 2016

At the Canadian Embassy we had a rare opportunity to meet Canadian Astronaut, Dr. David Saint-Jacques. I guess technically his isn't an astronaut yet because he hasn't yet been into space. He was visiting us (The Canadian Embassy in Moscow) from Saint Petersburg where he is currently studying Russian language for a 2018 space mission. He is a very impressive, accomplished, personable, charismatic man, and, obviously handsome too! 

You Can see his CSA profile at - http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/biosaintjacques.asp

Mr. Astronaut and I at Canada Club at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow

Not a great quality picture - they're very orange, but this is Craig with Mr. Astronaut

Excerpt from Wikipedia:

David Saint-Jacques, Engineer, Astrophysicist, Medical Doctor (MD), (born January 6, 1970 in Quebec City, Quebec)^[1] is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He was selected to join the CSA in the 2009 CSA selection along with Jeremy Hansen.

Saint-Jacques was born in Quebec City and raised in the Montreal suburb of Saint-Lambert, Quebec. Saint-Jacques is married and has two children.^[2] He is a lifelong mountaineer, hiker, cyclist, skier and passionate sailor.^[1][2] He also holds a commercial pilot license.^[2] He is fluent in French and English, and has a basic understanding of Russian, Spanish and Japanese.^[1][2][3]
His broad scientific background includes engineering, astrophysics and medical training, with international experience in France and Hungary for engineering study and Lebanon and Guatemala for medical study.^[2] Saint-Jacques is affiliated with the Collège des médecins du Québec, College of Family Physicians of Canada, Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, International Society for Optical Engineering, and the Cambridge Philosophical Society as a Life Fellow.^[2] Saint-Jacques began his career in 1993 as a biomedical engineer at the Quebec firm Electromed with secondment to Lariboisière Hospital, working on the design of radiological equipment for angiography and image analysis algorithms of cineangiography.^[2][4]