CSA Astronaut David Saint-Jacques Sets Out for Geology Training in Northern Quebec

2014-08-31 - Rocks - what geologists bring back in their luggage ;) (CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques via Twitter, August 31)

From August 18 to September 3, 2014, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut David Saint-Jacques is in the Arctic, in Northern Quebec, to learn methods and techniques for conducting geological fieldwork that could be applied during future missions to the Moon or an asteroid. David Saint-Jacques is accompanying Western University's Dr. Osinski and his team from the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration as they study the Western Clearwater Lake. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)