jsc2026e040447 (April 30, 2026) --- CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-13 mission specialist Josh Kutryk is pictured in his pressure suit seated inside a mockup Dragon spacecraft during a preflight training session at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2026e037785 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (center), surrounded by training specialists, assists CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk as he practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037769 (May 5, 2026) --- CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037783 (May 5, 2026) --- CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk (left) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right), with assistance from training specialists, practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037773 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (left) assists CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk (background) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right) as they practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037791 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (center) assists CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk (left) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right) as they practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037789 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (center), backed up by training specialists, assists CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk as he practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2017e116312 (Oct. 24, 2017) --- 2017 Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Candidate Josh Kutryk.

jsc2018e052122 (May 30, 2018) --- (From left) 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jonny Kim prepares for his next assignment as Canadian Space Agency astronaut candidates Joshua Kutryk (standing), Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons, and NASA astronaut candidate Bob Hines look on during wilderness survival training at the U.S. Navy’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape School in Brunswick, Maine. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

NASA astronaut Luke Delaney visits the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and views the agency’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins visits the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and views the agency’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission undergoes prelaunch processing inside High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. This marks the first time core stage assembly operations for Artemis missions have been conducted at the spaceport. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney meet with teams from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The astronauts also viewed NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage, currently undergoing prelaunch processing. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (fourth from left) speaks to teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Joining Watkins are fellow NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Stan Love, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, who also viewed the agency’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage, currently undergoing prelaunch processing. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

NASA astronauts Luke Delaney, Jessica Watkins, Anil Menon, and Stan Love, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, meet with teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program and view the Artemis IV SLS (Space Launch System) core stage engine section during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. NASA’s Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk visits the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and views the agency’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

Wearing their blue flight suits, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, and Stan Love, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, meet with teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The astronauts viewed NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage and Artemis IV SLS core stage engine section. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, along with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, and Stan Love meet with teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program and view the agency’s Artemis IV SLS (Space Launch System) core stage engine section during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.