Robert Brent "Bob" Thirsk, is a Canadian retired engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space. He became an officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2013 and was named to the Order of British Columbia (OBC) in 2012.
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Payload Specialist Robert Thirsk suiting up for the STS-78 mission
The Soyuz TMA-15 crew: Left to right: Thirsk, Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne.
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