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Snatching a spinning spacecraft was 'the greatest pride' for 1st Canadian astronaut in space (video)

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Marc Garneau was Canada 's first astronaut in space in 1984 .

Garneau flew three times in space, on shuttle missions STS-41G, ST-77 and ST-97 .

He later was a Canadian government minister — and even CSA president.

He says he's amazed that CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen has been assigned to the Artemis 2 moon mission.

Garneau : "What stays with you your whole life is looking out the window and seeing planet Earth " Garneau was one of the first foreign astronauts on the NASA space shuttle.

"I wanted, to put it bluntly, to make [ Canada ] proud," he says.

"If I screwed up badly, it would leave NASA with questions about whether it was a good idea to use Canadians as astronauts".

Garneau : "It gave me a huge amount of pride being a Canadian , to operate that Canadarm and to capture a free-flying payload" Garneau says Canada has come a long way since his first flight 40 years ago .

"Space has been a very powerful tool in helping to improve the lives of Canadians ," he says.