A spacewalk to remember: Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth 'changed' him

CBC - Oct 30, 2026

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk said he was overwhelmed with emotion looking at the Earth during a seven-hour spacewalk on Thursday.

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