A NASA astronaut with ties to Canada blasted off for the International Space Station today on a visit that will last nearly six months. ET Wednesday with fellow NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. This will be Feustel's third flight into space, and his second to the space station where he will also take over as commander in June. It will be Feustel's third flight into space, and his second to the space station where he will also take over as commander in June. A NASA astronaut biography says Feustel began his astronaut training when he reported to the Johnson Space Center in Houston in August 2000.

Source: CBC News March 21, 2018 13:52 UTC