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 [...]
TL;DR
- 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.