Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.
Tryggvason in 1997
Bjarni Tryggvason and son Michael talking to the crowd after completing five flights on the Silver Dart replica on February 22, 2009
The Canadian Space Agency is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the Canadian Space Agency Act.
Canadarm (right) during Space Shuttle mission STS-72
The Mobile Base System just before Canadarm2 installed it on the Mobile Transporter during STS-111
Alouette 1 was the first satellite built by a country other than the United States or Soviet Union.
A Canadian Black Brant XII launching from Wallops Flight Facility