Dec. 3rd, 2018

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Launches of Canadian astronauts into space remain rare enough that they keep being headline news in this country. I was aware David Saint-Jacques was scheduled to travel up to the space station, but this being the first launch of a Soyuz spacecraft since the last crew to try that had to escape after an improper booster separation did add an extra bit of tension.

The previous news had first come to my attention driving to work, but the news this launch seemed to have succeeded also reached me at the same time. Then, as I was driving back from work, I heard the spacecraft had docked to the space station, which I have to admit I compared to my own more or less regular work day. Since last week I've at least been trying a bit to keep up with updates about the InSight lander on Mars; perhaps I'll be able to follow reports of this latest Canadian astronaut as well.

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