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Marc Garneau

by Vraj from Bradford

I like adventure
Dr, Garneau (Canadian Space Agency ())
Dr, Garneau (Canadian Space Agency ())

Imagine living on a space shuttle. Marc Garneau went through this in a space shuttle. What would you do in the space physics?

Dr. Garneau was born in February 1949 in Quebec, Quebec City. Dr. Garneau is super smart and he designed a simulator for use in use for training weapons. Dr. Garneau went to school in Saint –Jean- Sur Richelieu in Quebec. He was subsequently appointed president of Canadian Space Agency. Marc designed navel communications and electronic warfare plus some of his own systems. Marc was one of the first to report  to the Johnson Space Center in July 1992. He got promoted to serve as a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM).

Space Shuttle (Google Images ())
Space Shuttle (Google Images ())

He was married to the former Pamela Soame of Ottawa and he has three children. He likes to play squash, tennis, scuba dive and fly. He sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on a fifty-nine foot boat with 12 other crewmen. His parents, Jean and Andre Garneau, live in Ottawa, Canada. his education he attended primary/secondary school Quebec City and saint Jeanine Quebec London. He earned a science degree in engineering physics in the royal military collage of Kingston in the 1970. Dr. Garneau was a combat systems engineer in the HMCS in 1974 to 1976 he served as a project engineer in the naval weapons system in Ottawa. Dr Garneau has reported back to the Johnson space center in august 1992. In the mission STS-41G in October 2 to the 13 in the 1984 and it was a eight day mission to go aboard the space shuttle the Challenger. He was the first Canadian to fly in NASA, the first mission to carry seven people.

All of His Awards He Earned: He was appointed an officer of the order of Canada in 1984 for his role as the first Canadian astronaut. He was promoted to companion within the order in 2003 for the extensive work Dr. Garneau with Canada's Space Program. He got also got awarded for being with the Canadian forces decoration for almost 13 years of honorable service.

In conclusion I never knew that being an astronaut is very important for doing some experiments in space like the human body.

Space shuttle (Google Images)
Space shuttle (Google Images)

Marc Garneau has many positive character traits. His first one is COURAGE for going all the way up to space and missing his family took a lot of courage to withstand. Second COOPERATION. He needs to cooperate with the people he has to communicate with and learn a new language to speak with. Third HONESTY He needs to be honest on what's happening out there in space and what's going on. Those are the traits Dr.Garneau has and shown in his missions he has done.

I hope you learned something about Dr.Garneau or something new and I hoped you liked my hero story.

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Last edited 12/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

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