Canadian Astronaut Joshua Kutryk Says Seeing Earth During Spacewalk ‘Changed’ Him
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk said he was overwhelmed with emotion looking at the Earth during a seven-hour spacewalk on Thursday. “I tried to focus really hard on not looking up at the high Earth,” he said. “Your mind doesn’t know what to do with that image,” he said. “It’s exciting,” he added. Kutryk [...]
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk experienced overwhelming emotions during a seven-hour spacewalk on Thursday, finding the view of Earth profound and difficult to process. He and NASA astronaut Anil Menon installed seven of eight new solar panels on the International Space Station. Kutryk stated that the experience fundamentally changed him, making him feel “very small” and “almost insignificant.”
- Joshua Kutryk, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, experienced intense emotions during a seven-hour spacewalk.
- He and NASA astronaut Anil Menon installed seven out of eight new solar panels on the International Space Station.
- Kutryk described the experience of seeing Earth from space as life-changing, making him feel “very small” and “almost insignificant.”
- He is the fifth Canadian to perform a spacewalk.
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