Julie Payette, a former Canadian astronaut and the country’s governor general since 2017, announced she would step down Thursday after she was accused by current and former employees of creating ...

Canadian astronaut Julie Payette smiles during a ceremony to present a Québécois flag that she brought to space during her last mission, at the National Assembly in Quebec City in November 2009.

As a Canadian astronaut, Julie Payette used mission patches to represent her spaceflight experiences and personal journey. Now, as Canada's new Governor General, she has a new symbol of her ...

Julie Payette is an engineer, and one of four chosen from over five thousand applicants to become a Canada Space Agency astronaut in 1992. After two flights, on the Space Shuttle Discovery and ...

Julie Payette on being a female astronaut and a 'space construction worker', part of our series in conversation with Canadians who were once in space. Canada’s not for sale.

Julie Payette wanted to be an astronaut when there were no women in the corps, so she studied engineering and then got a Masters in computer engineering.

Five years after her final flight, retired astronaut Julie Payette admits she had doubts she would ever fly as she watched the Americans send astronauts to the moon in the late 1960s and early '70s.

Former Canadian astronaut Julie Payette says the controversial one-way mission to send people to live on Mars is going nowhere.. Dutch-based Mars One wants to establish a colony on the red planet ...

Governor General designate Julie Payette arrives at an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Aug. 25, 2017. One of the first things Julie Payette will do after being ...

Former astronaut Julie Payette says she is embracing her new role as Canada's next governor general with humility, love of country and a promise to work for Canadians from all walks of life.

LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 8, 2013) - The Canadian Space Agency offers its congratulations to Astronaut Julie Payette as she assumes the challenging role of Chief Operating Officer of ...

Julie Payette, a former Canadian astronaut and the country’s governor general since 2017, announced she would step down Thursday after she was accused by current and former employees of creating ...