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

2014-08-21 - "Another great day #WCIS14 - David Saint-Jacques and Mary Kerrigan hard at work looking for signs of past hydrothermal activity." (Dr. Gordon Osinski via Twitter, August 21)

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: Dr. Gordon Osinski)